{ "breadcrumb": "Village Case Study", "hero": { "badge": "CASE STUDY", "title": "Village Platform: Tractatus in Production", "subtitle": "How Home AI applies all six Tractatus governance services to every user interaction in a live community platform.", "disclaimer": { "label": "Important:", "text": "This documents an early-stage federated deployment across four tenants by the framework developer. Metrics are self-reported. Independent audit and broader validation are planned but not yet conducted." } }, "overview": { "heading": "Overview", "platform_purpose": { "title": "Platform Purpose", "description": "The Village is a member-owned community platform providing sovereign data storage, AI-assisted features, and privacy-by-design architecture. Communities operate with full data ownership and governance-protected AI assistance." }, "deployment_facts": { "title": "Deployment Facts", "duration_label": "Duration:", "duration_value": "11+ months in production", "tenant_label": "Tenant Model:", "tenant_value": "Single-tenant (multi-tenant planned)", "features_label": "AI Features:", "features_value": "4 governed features live", "services_label": "Services/Response:", "services_value": "6 governance checks" } }, "architecture_mapping": { "heading": "Architecture Mapping", "description": "Each Village AI feature maps to specific Tractatus governance services. The table below shows how the six services coordinate for each feature.", "table": { "col_feature": "Village Feature", "col_service": "Primary Service", "col_function": "Function", "rows": [ { "feature": "Home AI Responses", "service": "BoundaryEnforcer", "function": "Blocks values judgments, defers to human" }, { "feature": "User Query Processing", "service": "CrossReferenceValidator", "function": "Prevents prompt injection, validates intent" }, { "feature": "Session Management", "service": "ContextPressureMonitor", "function": "Tracks session health, triggers handoffs" }, { "feature": "Multi-Step Operations", "service": "MetacognitiveVerifier", "function": "Detects scope creep, requires review" }, { "feature": "Feature Flags", "service": "InstructionPersistenceClassifier", "function": "Persistence classification for settings" }, { "feature": "Consent Handling", "service": "PluralisticDeliberationOrchestrator", "function": "Multi-stakeholder decisions" } ] } }, "home_ai_flow": { "heading": "The Home AI Flow", "description": "When a user submits a query to Home AI, it passes through six verification stages before a response is generated. This flow operates in the critical execution path.", "steps": [ { "title": "User Query Received", "description": "User submits query via Help Chat widget or story assistance" }, { "title": "BoundaryEnforcer Check", "description": "Is this a values question requiring human judgment?" }, { "title": "CrossReferenceValidator Check", "description": "Does this conflict with stored instructions or attempt injection?" }, { "title": "ContextPressureMonitor Check", "description": "Is session health within acceptable bounds?" }, { "title": "Query Processing", "description": "RAG system retrieves context with permission filtering" }, { "title": "Response Generation", "description": "AI generates response (Claude Haiku for non-EN, local Llama for EN)" }, { "title": "MetacognitiveVerifier Check", "description": "Is response appropriate to query scope?" }, { "title": "Delivery", "description": "Response delivered to user with source attribution" } ] }, "governed_features": { "heading": "Governed Features in Detail", "rag_help": { "title": "RAG-Based Help Centre", "description": "Vector search over indexed help content, stories, and documentation. Results filtered by user permissions before inclusion in context.", "services": "CrossReferenceValidator, BoundaryEnforcer" }, "document_ocr": { "title": "Document OCR", "description": "Automated text extraction from uploaded documents. Operates under explicit consent controls with audit logging.", "services": "PluralisticDeliberationOrchestrator (consent)" }, "story_assistance": { "title": "Story Assistance", "description": "AI-assisted writing suggestions for family stories. Content suggestions filtered through BoundaryEnforcer to prevent inappropriate recommendations.", "services": "BoundaryEnforcer, MetacognitiveVerifier" }, "ai_memory": { "title": "AI Memory Transparency", "description": "User-controlled summarisation with full audit dashboard. Members can view, edit, and delete what AI \"remembers\" about them.", "services": "InstructionPersistenceClassifier, PluralisticDeliberationOrchestrator" }, "services_label": "Services:" }, "limitations": { "heading": "Honest Limitations", "intro": "This case study documents preliminary evidence from an early-stage federated deployment across four tenants. We are transparent about the following limitations:", "items": [ { "title": "Limited Deployment:", "description": "Village operates across four federated tenants within one platform. Generalisability to other contexts is unknown." }, { "title": "Self-Reported Metrics:", "description": "No independent verification of logged data has been conducted." }, { "title": "Operator-Developer Overlap:", "description": "Framework developer also operates Village (conflict of interest)." }, { "title": "Limited Adversarial Testing:", "description": "No formal red-team evaluation has been conducted." }, { "title": "Voluntary Invocation:", "description": "AI could theoretically bypass governance if not configured to use it." } ] }, "demonstrates": { "heading": "What This Demonstrates", "supports": { "title": "Evidence Supports", "items": [ "Architectural governance can operate in production without prohibitive overhead", "Six-service coordination is technically feasible", "Governance violations are detectable and auditable", "The framework learns from failures (documented incident responses)" ] }, "does_not_support": { "title": "Evidence Does NOT Support", "items": [ "Framework effectiveness at scale (thousands of concurrent users)", "Generalisability across different AI systems", "Resistance to sophisticated adversarial attacks", "Regulatory sufficiency (EU AI Act compliance untested)" ] } }, "cta": { "heading": "Explore Further", "description": "See the Village platform in action, or dive deeper into the technical architecture.", "visit_village": "Visit the Village →", "system_architecture": "System Architecture →", "research_details": "Research Details →" } }