Field notes
Briefs from the field.
Essays on validating AI output — written as briefs, not posts. They load fast, read like the deliverable, and print on paper the way a brief should.
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Decorrelation, the leaky human, and the danger you can't name
Validating AI output is not a question of speed. It is a question of whether your layers fail differently — and of naming who accepts the risk no layer can catch.
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The Gold Watch
You don't inherit the model. You inherit the record. Substrate independence with the suit off — not a compliance posture; an inheritance strategy.
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The Weavers
The Emperor's New Clothes is not a story about vanity. It is a story about unverified output, correlated reviewers, and a validator with no gate. The oldest fable about AI procurement was published in 1837.