EXPEDITION 10 · 2024
AI Product
Threadmark
A team knowledge assistant that answered fluently before it could prove where answers came from.
54%answers cited
0permission layers
2024year explored
The question
Could scattered project decisions become conversationally searchable?
The route
I optimized retrieval breadth and response quality before defining citation and permission requirements.
The outcome
The demo felt impressive but failed the trust test when users asked for authoritative evidence.
Field note
For workplace AI, a modest answer with evidence is more valuable than a brilliant answer without provenance.
Instruments
- Python
- Vector Search
- LLM
- React