You wouldn't hand a new intern the keys to your office, without explicit intent, boundaries and controls. Why do it with AI?

Precise language prevents sloppy engineering. We project agency onto fluent bots, creating a security risk. Real intelligence requires stakes - a loop with reality LLMs lack. Solve this with architecture: explicit intent and proof.

"Rework Tax" explains why AI makes us feel faster while work takes longer. Why optimising nodes breaks the network - and how Shared State restores the physics of production.

A personal reflection, passing the ten-year mark of being deeply inside the problem, building the solution.

Why we believe AI Agency is Built on Shared State

A year of inflection.