Applied AI Research / Working Paper
Innovation or Theater: AI Implementation Decision Framework
A deterministic assessment framework for AI implementation decisions.
A deterministic framework for deciding whether a proposed AI implementation should proceed as proposed.
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Publication note
Innovation or Theater is a working paper for deciding whether a proposed AI implementation should proceed as proposed. It introduces the AI Implementation Decision Framework, a deterministic assessment model that separates organizational AI posture from localized implementation risk.
The complete paper is available as a Download PDF. The companion Download Excel workbook turns the framework into an Excel-based assessment flow, and the workbook user guide explains how to complete and interpret the assessment.
For offline review or sharing, download the full research package ZIP with the paper PDF, workbook, and user guide.
Core question
The paper is organized around one implementation decision: should AI be trusted with this role here?
The framework asks organizations to define the use case, identify what AI newly makes possible to break, evaluate consequence bearers, set an autonomy ceiling, and decide whether the proposal should proceed as proposed.