George L. Taylor · The Living Book
Delegation isn’t
the danger.Abdication is.
AI can do more for us. What should we still decide for ourselves?
New essay · George L. Taylor
Who Will Be Qualified to Overrule the Machine?
If AI does the work that once trained junior employees, where will tomorrow’s experts get the practice to catch its mistakes?
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Read the essay on SubstackThe question behind the book
What must
remain ours?
Think about a child using AI for homework, a doctor reviewing a computer’s recommendation, or a business letting software handle customer complaints. Each situation raises the same question: who checks the work, who can step in, and who answers when something goes wrong?
01Who owns the decision?
02Who has the authority to intervene?
03Who must answer for the result?
A living argument
The evidence changes.
The book can, too.
New developments are reviewed daily. Substantive changes enter the Living Book after George’s approval, with a record of what changed and why.
The last-updated date moves when the text changes. The Amazon editions remain dated snapshots.
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