“Competency cannot be prompted into existence. It is accumulated scar tissue.”

Evidence Over Attestation

The one thing an agent cannot supply is the memory of having been wrong before in this particular way.

Lindsay Hiebert, Founder, PIGENAI LLC · AI governance, security, AEO and networking
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