Volume 8 — Resilience, Degraded Modes, and Human Trust
How systems fail gracefully enough that users do not feel the machinery grinding underneath them.
Reports
AI-ENG-W — UX Resilience: Model Routing, Fallback Chains & Degraded-Mode Grace
Covers model routing, fallback models, dynamic quality/cost switching, cached answers, partial answers, graceful error states, escalation to humans, retry UX, and user-facing continuity when backend systems degrade.
AI-ENG-X — Human-System Interface: Trust Calibration, Provenance & Control
Covers uncertainty display, citation UX, explanation design, approval flows, edit capture, undo mechanisms, confidence signaling, human correction loops, and interfaces that prevent both overtrust and undertrust.
AI-ENG-Y — High-Impact Workflow Design: Confirmation, Review & Human-in-the-Loop Governance
Covers workflows where AI actions affect money, legal exposure, customer relationships, safety, reputation, or operational continuity. Includes approval thresholds, review queues, audit trails, escalation paths, role-specific permissions, and human accountability design.