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You Don’t Have to Know Best
Humility with AI means seeking better answers without surrendering judgment. Human dignity does not depend on intellectual superiority.
Give It an Edge
AI makes fluent prose cheap. Clear communication still takes judgment: refine the message and spare the reader unnecessary work.
The AI I Expected
TypeSafe’s Jev points toward fast, structured AI decisions inside software—and a future where better systems work beneath familiar chat interfaces.
Alignment Needs a Better Public Conversation
OpenAI and Anthropic should listen more and explain alignment and safety better. Responding to the public is part of responsible AI development.
The Unpriced Term in AI Adoption
AI adoption cases count money and labour but miss meaning. Why resistance can protect identity, and what responsible adopters must ask before automating.
The Floor, the Ceiling, and the Template
Templates make work scalable by reducing variance: they raise the floor, lower the ceiling, and force us to decide what must remain distinct.
What an Apology Is
An apology is the acknowledgment of a debt — duty, breach, harm. Why some apologies should be refused, and why forgiveness is what makes the debt payable.
Conditional Acceptance
A blanket no insults; an unconditional yes breaks the economics. Attach one reasonable condition — and see what the requests were actually worth.
Governance Is a Record, Not a Judge
A governance system should keep the record and flag discrepancies — never judge. Why resolutions bind dissenters, and when acting without authority can still be right.
Legitimacy
Legitimacy isn't whether a decision was reasonable — it's whether it was reached the agreed way. Why procedure pursues finality over truth, and when it must evolve.
The Standard
Standards make iteration and scale possible by exposing defects, enabling cure, naming the judge, and calibrating how high the bar should be.
The Judge
The essential human position in the AI era is the judge: direct the inquiry, develop the record, and remain answerable. Judgment runs on attention, capacity, and memory.
