Writing
Arguments about
decisions machines make
Start with the thesis if you want the whole argument in one piece.
Essay 01
August 2026
6 min
August 2026
6 min
What Did You Know, and When Did You Know It?
Every inquiry into a bad decision converges on the same two questions. Most AI systems are architecturally incapable of answering either one.
Read →Essay 02
August 2026
5 min
August 2026
5 min
A Confidence Score Is Not a Reason
0.87 is a summary of an argument. Under scrutiny, the summary does not survive and the argument was never written down.
Read →Essay 03
August 2026
6 min
August 2026
6 min
You Can Buy Detection. You Cannot Buy Judgment.
Vendors are structurally incapable of selling you the decision layer, because the input it requires never leaves your building.
Read →The list
New essays, occasionally.
Evidence, memory, and machine decisions that have to hold up. No schedule, no filler.
Contact
If you are working on this problem, I would like to hear about it.
These are the questions I spend my time on. If you are building or buying a system that makes consequential calls and cannot explain them, write to me.
phil@philpierce.com