RESEARCH HUB

Human Judgment & Decision-Making with AI

Every claim carries an evidence status — and you can filter the archive by it.

2026·09·01
Method note

Agent Harnesses Are a Layer, Not the Whole AI System

A comparative synthesis of OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek harness architectures—and why the harness should be treated as a replaceable runtime layer, not the whole AI system.

2026·08·14
Decision brief

Where more AI stops helping: The AI–human breakpoint

A framework for finding when better models and more automation stop being the constraint—and authority, economics, policy, coordination, or judgment take over.

INFERENCE
2026·08·14
Method note

From business problem to governed AI system

A governed AI architecture starts with actors, state, authority, policy, evidence, and workflow before models, agents, databases, or orchestration are selected.

HYPOTHESIS
2026·08·14
Method note

Does This Business Actually Need an AI Operating System?

A practical test for deciding when persistent state, authority, workflows, and decision memory justify an AI operating-system pattern—and when a simpler tool is better.

HYPOTHESIS
2026·08·14
Case study

When an AI finance system becomes a governance problem

A finance reference application exposed the boundary between preserving decisions and asserting authority—and why a well-designed AI system sometimes needs to refuse.

INFERENCE