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Thoughts on AI, work and human judgment.

Four connected essays on AI, organizational rituals and the rising cost of keeping judgment alive inside intelligent systems.

AI governance | Essay

The Ape in the Loop

A provocation on human oversight, symbolic control and the fragile difference between presence and judgment.

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AI alignment | Essay

The Obedient Machine

What happens when AI follows the organization with perfect loyalty and gives its contradictions better language.

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Verification | Essay

The Price of Truth

Why AI makes production cheap while moving the cost of truth into human attention.

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Process debt | Essay

The Human Bridge

What happens when AI exposes the human work organizations use to hide unresolved design.

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