A digital illustration in a steampunk style showing a woman operating a complex, copper-toned industrial machine. The woman, with her hair in a braided bun and wearing a dark dress with a brown apron, stands at a control panel with several round pressure gauges and a large lever. To her right, a conveyor belt carries square tiles marked with green checkmarks and red "X" symbols. A mechanical arm hangs over the belt, and the tiles lead toward a brick furnace filled with bright orange flames. The massive machine behind her is adorned with glowing teal lanterns, interlocking gears, and pipes emitting small puffs of steam. The overall atmosphere is warm and industrial, with a blend of historical and fantastical technology.

The Verification Trap

AI, AI eval, Critical Thinking /

Someone posted a thinking piece in a Slack channel I’m in last week, long and earnest and well-structured, arguing that quality engineering needs to evolve for the age of agentic AI, that we need to stop thinking about quality as testing and start treating it as a systemic property. I read it and felt a […]

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