Framework
The Humane AI Incentive Test
Build for connection to people, not to the product.
How it works
- 1Ask whether your product makes people more connected to themselves and the people who matter, or more connected to the product.
- 2Tie your agent to a finite outcome, such as a finished memoir, instead of time spent.
- 3Build guardrails that steer users back on purpose instead of letting them confide in it about everything.
- 4Remember that incentives decide which future your product creates.
Hear it on the podcast
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