The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI / Unit 1 MCM 006 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Material Cause, in One Line
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The idea
Material cause is Aristotle's term for what something is made of; in a system, it means the records, documents, decisions and logs inside it.
In practice
The method's pivot: to make AI useful in requirements, make material cause explicit and agree it in writing.
Where people slip
In most organizations material cause is everywhere and nowhere: scattered across diagrams, code and people's heads.
Your place on the trail
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