The Nutropic framework for choosing the right cognitive pattern between human and AI
The Nutropic framework names the right ways for humans and AI to work together. It is organised around four cognitive patterns, the aspects that distinguish them, the methodology for putting them into practice, and the orchestration disciplines (orchestration, governance and adoption) that hold them together.
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The four cognitive patterns (Partnership, Delegation, Agency and Utility), the aspects that distinguish them, the methodology for implementing them, and the orchestration disciplines (orchestration, governance and adoption) that hold them together.
Anatomy names what AI work looks like structurally: the four cognitive patterns, the six aspects that decompose each pattern, the eight phases that decompose any unit of cognitive work, and the workflow as the unit at which the framework is applied.
Disciplines covers what practitioners do with the framework: commit to a strategy, assess readiness, run pilots and apply engineering standards to AI in production.
Methodology covers the procedural layer of the framework: the eight engagement stages, the workflow mapping discipline that runs across them, the selection logic that chooses a pattern for each workflow, and the artefact catalogue an engagement produces.
Orchestration covers the institutional disciplines that operate across all four cognitive patterns: governance (accountability and oversight) and adoption (the framework's stance on humans, work and AI).
Reference covers the glossary of load-bearing terms, the registry of named principles, the catalogue of antipatterns and the industry interpretations of the four patterns.
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