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Don't let it decide when we're done

October 7, 2026

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AI can call the work done too early. It can also keep testing long after it matters.

On the show I put it this way.

"Don't let it decide when we're done. … It can easily call it well before it should. But [I] also think it needs to do a hundred more tests before we're done as well."

Call it 1% human at the beginning and 1% human at the end. What happens in between depends on the process and the context.

Own the start and own the finish.

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What AI Should Never Decide First — AI Readiness, Part 1

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