Question. What is "Judgment vs Automation" according to Rami Alhamad? Short answer. Automate the audit; keep the judgment human. "Judgment vs Automation" is one of the working concepts Rami Alhamad uses to describe how to build AI products responsibly. Automate the audit; keep the judgment human. It was first written down in the codebase that fixes itself at 3am.
Context
See the concept page at /concepts/judgment-vs-automation.
Once work becomes file-shaped, it starts to behave more like software. It gets version history. Diffs. Authorship. Review. Reverts.
— Rami Alhamad, the commit graph escapes engineering
See also
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About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.