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Interactive essayHow much can a computer do with borrowed energy?Battery-free shipment tags, the limits of harvested energy, and models you can try.Ambient IoT · Illustrative models
Field guideThe Ten-Minute HouseholdWhat moves from the household to the network when delivery takes ten minutes?India at Scale
Field guideUPI: The Price of FreeFollow a payment through the institutions, incentives, costs, and risks behind the interface.India at Scale
Working paperThe Mixed Workforce CompanyAn interactive model for sharing work, authority, and accountability between people and AI.AI & organisations
ExperimentDoes code still need to be maintainable if AI maintains it?A blinded replication examines repeated maintenance, task success, retries, and cost.v2 · Exploratory evidence
Working paperThe Human Exclusion ThresholdWhen speed and complexity make intervention impractical, where should human authority sit?AI & oversight
Working paperThe Right to Be Forgotten Needs RewritingWhat deletion means when information is distributed through a trained model.Privacy & AI
Working guideWhat an AI practice is actually made ofThirteen areas of an AI practice, with proposed field tests and the evidence each would need.Research & proposed tests
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