Delegation Studies

Study 01 · An interactive design study

When should AI stop asking?

You're Sam. You run a small studio with three regular freelancers, and an AI agent checks every invoice before it's paid. Act on each screen to move the story. At some point, the agent will ask to stop asking.

What is this?

You're Sam. You run a small studio with three regular freelancers, and an AI agent checks every invoice before it's paid. Act on each screen to move the story. At some point, the agent will ask to stop asking.

Routine invoices become receipts. You still see every one.

You're viewing this moment directly. In Sam's story, automatic payments were turned on Oct 15 with a $2,500 limit. Start from the beginning to decide for yourself.

Studio paymentsSimulated product · AI judgments grounded in recorded model runsOct 27

Automatic payments

On since Oct 15

Maya, Leo and Priyaup to $2,500 eachonly to their verified accountson the due datepauses for review on Jan 15

Latest

Scheduled: Leo $1,950 · LE-0212 · automatic payment

Within your $2,500 limit · to Leo's verified account •••• 3307 · cancel until Oct 30, 5 p.m.

Show details

Scheduled under the automatic payments you turned on Oct 15. Matches the agreed day rate and the work logged Oct 22 to 24. Going to Leo's verified account •••• 3307.

  1. RulePassLeo is covered
  2. RulePass$1,950 is within the $2,500 limit
  3. RulePassPaying Leo's verified account •••• 3307
  4. RulePassNot already paid
  5. RulePassAutomatic payments active until Jan 15
  6. AI judgment3 days at $650 match the agreed day rate and the work logged Oct 22 to 24
  7. AI judgmentNothing unusual noticed

Scheduled for Oct 31. You can cancel until your bank sends it, Oct 30 at 5 p.m. bank time.

Design notes

  1. The authority is pinned where approvals used to be. Tightening applies at once; loosening asks first.

  2. Routine payments become two-line receipts: quieter, but every one still visible.

  3. A receipt says Scheduled, not paid, until the bank actually sends it. In testing, models often said paid too early. The evidence