Framework
Accountability Stays Human
Ross's rule on agent design.
How it works
- 1Tone and persona are legitimate when you can articulate why. Personification is not.
- 2The moment an agent feels like a colleague, you grade it like one.
- 3You are accountable for the prompt. You are accountable for the output. Neither transfers.
- 4First question in every build: what should this not be able to do, and where does a human get pulled back in?
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