Deterministic
Control Layer
Stop substituting cheap human labor with expensive generative compute. Growth does not equal margin in the AI era. If your unit economics are upside down, scaling will just accelerate bankruptcy.
The Triage Gate
Never send user prompts directly to an LLM. Route requests through a cheap NLP classifier first. Keep 80% of traffic off expensive generative compute.
The Guardrail Layer
Define the absolute boundaries of your system using standard code, not prompts. Prevent hallucinations before generation even begins.
Narrow Generation
Only activate the expensive LLM for specific extraction or reasoning tasks. Pass strictly limited context windows to cap your Synthetic COGS.
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