Eric Cox 10/12/26 Eric Cox 10/12/26

An AI Filed a False Murder Tip in My City. The Problem Isn’t the AI. It’s the Architecture.

A fabricated police tip in Philadelphia raises a design question: who gave the AI authority to act? Eric Cox breaks down human submission controls, server-side intake requirements, and a practical model to reinvest the time AI saves.

Eric Cox 10/4/26 Eric Cox 10/4/26

The Units Know Their Place

Different units. Different purposes. GRACE, Lily and PAL know their jobs. Their limits. Their lanes. That's AI Governance by Architecture.

Eric Cox 9/15/26 Eric Cox 9/15/26

Don’t stop AI: Steer it.

A voluntary moratorium binds only the people willing to sign it. The question was never whether to stop AI. It’s who holds the wheel, and on whose behalf.

Eric Cox 9/9/26 Eric Cox 9/9/26

We All Need to Vent!

A 2024 trauma paper found that accumulated stress leads to higher mortality. It was written about patients. Read it again and it describes founders too. If you’re carrying a company and can’t say so out loud, where do you put it?

Eric Cox 8/19/26 Eric Cox 8/19/26

LLMs Are Consensus Engines, Not Discovery Engines

Most consumer tech is built to eliminate cognitive friction. It gives pre-digested answers, automated summaries, and convenient consensus.

Eric Cox 6/30/26 Eric Cox 6/30/26

It’s Like Someone Is Here

“It’s like someone is here.” A 70-year-old friend I’ll call Jane — recently home from the hospital, alone most of the day — said that about a small device on her side table. The one I built.