Principlev1
Design AI-augmented workflows with graceful degradation
Design AI-augmented workflows with graceful degradation where AI accelerates but is not required, allowing core work to continue offline at reduced speed rather than stopping entirely.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Agents are systems defined by perceiving their environment (agents defined by environment perception and action) and Catastrophic failures in complex systems rarely result from (complex failures arise from alignment of multiple failures). AI should be one layer, not foundation—system survives layer removal with degraded but functional performance.