Shewhart, Toyota, and the Probabilistic Turn
LLMs break software’s binary view of correctness. The discipline that replaces it already exists - it was built at Bell Labs, refined in Nagoya, and has been waiting for software to need it.
LLMs break software’s binary view of correctness. The discipline that replaces it already exists - it was built at Bell Labs, refined in Nagoya, and has been waiting for software to need it.
A watershed-moment essay on why AI amplifies, rather than creates, software quality - and why the responsibility rests with those who own the system.