Runtime Monitoring

When Feedback Misses Its Window

The Iberian blackout of April 2025 had a closed-loop system with feedback, protection, and reactive power reserves. The correction mechanism existed and sat unused while voltage climbed toward collapse. The loop existed. It didn't govern.

22 July, 2026

Runtime Monitoring

Supervision Can't Be Bolted On

Most people think an autonomous system is safe as long as someone can always intervene. The Cruise robotaxi incident shows why that assumption fails - and what proactive supervision actually looks like when reactive supervision isn't enough.

21 July, 2026

Runtime Monitoring

Open-Loop, Closed-Loop, and the Line Between Hoping and Governing

A system that fires an instruction and hopes is not the same as one that watches itself and corrects. Most of what's being called AI governance right now is the first one, wearing the second one's badge.

13 July, 2026