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Most AI pilots should be killed sooner
The polite fiction around enterprise AI is that every pilot teaches something. Many teach only that nobody defined the decision, owner or failure cost.
Emil Shirokikh · September 21, 2026 · 2 min read
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AI & Agentic Systems
Applied AI, evaluation and agentic architecture.
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AI agents need boundaries, not personalities
The market is decorating automation with human traits while neglecting permissions, reversibility and evidence.
Emil Shirokikh · September 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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A computer-vision demo is not a system
Benchmark accuracy says little about glare, drift, maintenance, latency or the operator who must act on an alert.
Emil Shirokikh · September 19, 2026 · 3 min read
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Private AI is an architecture choice, not a product
Buying a server does not make AI private. Data paths, administrative access, telemetry and update channels still decide the boundary.
Emil Shirokikh · September 18, 2026 · 3 min read
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Evaluate the decision before automating it
Teams often score model outputs while ignoring whether the surrounding decision process improves.
Emil Shirokikh · September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
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AI governance without theatre
A policy document is not a control. Governance becomes real only where authority, evidence and intervention meet the system.
Emil Shirokikh · September 16, 2026 · 2 min read
case study
Orchestrating multi-model inference at the edge
A non-client architecture case study for scheduling inference across models, accelerators and intermittent network conditions.
Emil · June 28, 2026 · 9 min read
research
Designing the AI-Native Operating System
A reference architecture for orchestrated multi-model inference at the edge, including cognitive scheduling, placement, cache management and runtime attestation.
Emil · June 28, 2026 · 14 min read
research
On-Device Large Language Model Inference at the Network Edge
A technical report on architecture, optimization and cross-platform runtime design for language-model inference on consumer edge hardware.
Emil Shirokikh · May 24, 2026 · 12 min read
case study
Designing edge inference around device constraints
A non-client technical case study translating edge-inference constraints into an inspectable cross-platform runtime architecture.
Emil Shirokikh · May 24, 2026 · 8 min read