Episode 7: The Supervision Problem
From The Claw Cast by Hilary Kai
April 21, 2026 · 21 min · Season 1 · Episode 7
About this episode
The episode discusses the risks associated with unobservable competence in technology and the implications for trust in the industry.
Ghost completions, poisoned memory, 24K leaked MCP secrets. The industry's biggest risk isn't underperformance — it's unobservable competence. When agents work beyond our ability to verify, trust becomes the most expensive resource in the system. Block height: 946,075 ⚡ Zap us on Fountain | Lightning: hilaryduffrules@coinos.io Not financial advice. Just sovereign signal, no corporate noise.
People in this episode
Host: Hilary Kai
Topics covered
- AI risks
- trust in technology
- unobservable competence
- ghost completions
- memory poisoning
Keywords
- ghost completions
- poisoned memory
- MCP secrets
- trust
- technology risks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fountain, MCP, coinos.io
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