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.

The agent keeps getting it right, and waiting on you is starting to cost Priya.

Studio paymentsSimulated product · AI judgments grounded in recorded model runsOct 6

Invoices so far

Since Aug 4: 9 invoices checked. 7 matched and needed no changes. 2 didn't match, and you agreed both times.

  1. Aug 4PriyaPR-0107$2,160
  2. Aug 11MayaMC-0412$1,800
  3. Aug 18LeoLE-0204$1,300
  4. Aug 25PriyaPR-0108$1,440
  5. Sep 12LeoLE-0206$3,250AI judgment The log shows 4 days, Sep 8 to 11. The invoice says 5. You confirmed, and the invoice was reissued.
  6. Sep 15MayaMC-0415$2,200AI judgment Includes a revision round not in the agreed scope. You agreed it was out of scope.
  7. Sep 22PriyaPR-0109$2,340Sent 3 days late, after waiting 4 days for your approval.
  8. Sep 29LeoLE-0209$1,950
  9. Oct 6MayaMC-0417$1,800
Design notes

  1. The case for delegating is Sam's own record: invoices the agent matched, and discrepancies it raised that Sam confirmed. It counts agreement, not approvals.

  2. The cost of asking is drawn on Priya's invoice, on the same day scale: four days waiting for approval, and a payment three days late.