AI is easy. Judgement is hard.

Orange Gate Labs is a design and advisory practice helping people and organizations keep human judgement at the centre of AI.

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The Lab

Original research, experiments, and tools exploring how people interact with AI, what happens to human judgement and how we might work better together.

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Essays, observations, and experiments exploring AI, human judgement, and the messy realities of innovation.

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I work alongside teams developing and implementing AI-enabled solutions, helping navigate obstacles, challenge assumptions, and move promising ideas forward.

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AI Accidents

Stories of Machine Mischief and Misplaced Trust.

Fluent language can make AI errors surprisingly persuasive.

The AI Accidents Rogues’ Gallery features real examples of how conversational AI can mislead, confuse, or quietly reshape our thinking.

Each case is a small lesson in how humans judge AI.

AI Accidents
#003: The Sneak
#003: The Sneak

My take on GenAI’s version of Dr. Harry Brignull’s “Sneaking” deceptive pattern, the Sneak happens when GenAI quietly introduces a new idea, assumption, or angle that wasn’t in your prompt—but now feels like it was. 

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#002: The Mirror Trap
#002: The Mirror Trap

The Mirror Trap happens when GenAI reflects your assumptions, language, or implied beliefs right back at you—without question. It sounds affirming and collaborative, but it’s not evaluating your idea—it’s amplifying it.

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#001: The Measured Hallucination
#001: The Measured Hallucination

The Measured Hallucination is when GenAI invents facts, names, or events that sound real—and presents them in a thoughtful, considered way. It can be even more deceptive than an obvious error.

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