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A research brief written for a human reader and a research brief written for a system to execute are not the same document. Here is what changes, and why the difference matters more as AI enters the research pipeline.
Every research tool claims traceability. Few mean the same thing by it. Here is what genuine traceability requires, what the weak versions look like, and why the difference matters when a finding is challenged.
Every technique for reducing LLM hallucination sounds compelling in a blog post. The harder question is which ones are actually worth building for your specific system, your specific failure modes, and your specific cost constraints. Here is how we worked through that for Forseti.
AI stands for augmentative intelligence in this context. Same acronym, completely different philosophy. The distinction is not semantic. It determines whether research systems serve the practitioner or replace them.
The debate between RAG and long context is mostly theoretical. Here is what building a production system that uses both deliberately actually taught us about when each approach earns its place.