AI Eval against Causal Generators
A right answer can describe impossible dynamics. Causal generators test AI claims against validated models of mechanisms, with explicit limits and room to say inconclusive.
Read essay →Pipeline DemoAI-Assisted Content Creation for B2B SaaS
A demonstration essay ingested end-to-end through the drop-in article pipeline — TipTap HTML in, a prerendered editorial essay with X-Ray attribution and a causal lineage graph out.
Read essay →FrontierStewardship
The human role in a vertical system is not oversight. It is authorship. The steward is the discipline, not the safety net.
Read essay →FoundationVertical AI Foundation
Enterprise architecture patterns for governed AI systems: Steps and States, Causal Lineage, Control Plane isolation, AI Airlocks, and Contract-First Models. The way out of the mainframe trap isn't better prompts. It's architecture.
Read essay →FoundationThe AI Mainframe Trap
Enterprises are bolting AI onto their systems the way they once bolted everything onto the mainframe: no boundaries, no lineage, no governance. We learned this lesson once and spent decades refactoring our way out. The AI era is rhyming.
Read essay →FrontierReading an Essay's Lineage
Every essay here carries its own production lineage. This one is built around that lineage: the causal graph is the argument, and the prose walks you through it node by node.
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