Witasi

Perspective

Different questions deserve different answers

A useful product brief can ask how well a system performs a defined task, how widely that performance extends and what actions it can take without further permission. These are distinct questions. The exercise below uses a fictional document-review assistant to make the distinctions concrete. It supplies no measured results and does not define a test that would establish artificial superintelligence.

Performance: a defined taskPerformance: a defined taskFind the stated meeting dateReturn its supporting passageNo measured result is claimed

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Describe performance for one visible task

The fictional task is to find the stated meeting date in a short approved document and return the passage containing it. The review record would contain the question, document version, proposed answer and supporting passage. A reviewer could compare the answer with the text and record an unresolved case when the document contains conflicting dates. This defines what would be examined without inventing a success rate. It also prevents fluent wording from standing in for evidence that the answer matches the selected document.

Breadth: separate input casesBreadth: separate input casesApproved text: defined exampleScanned page: unexaminedOther language: unexamined

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Ask separately where the task extends

Now consider a second document with a scanned page and a third written in another language. Whether the same workflow handles those inputs is a separate question from its performance on the first document. A brief can list those cases as unexamined rather than imply that one example establishes broad competence. The worksheet uses a coverage column for each input type and leaves unsupported cells open. This makes the boundary visible while avoiding a claim that a small document exercise measures general intelligence or a future research horizon.

Autonomy: a separate boundaryAutonomy: a separate boundaryMay propose an answerMay show the source passageMay not send or edit invitations

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Specify authority independently of the answer

The fictional assistant may propose a date and show its source, but it may not send invitations or edit the calendar. A human decides what to do with the suggestion. That authority boundary is independent of whether the proposed answer is correct. A more capable answerer need not receive more permission automatically. The completed brief records the task, the unexamined input types and the allowed actions in separate fields. This gives Witasi a practical company canvas while preserving the distinction between a naming association and a demonstrated capability.