{"slug":"research-the-quirq","name":"The quirq","rules":{"start":"open"},"nodes":{"open":{"short":"the note","pose":{"base":"centre"},"beat":{"layout":"center","marker":"unit of account · interactive","title":["The quirq","on the record."],"glass":1,"lede":"The unit of measurement for AI's business impact: budgeted by a human, minted by verification, dual to the token.","caption":"4 beats · 2 min to read in full"}},"premise":{"short":"the premise","pose":{"base":"flooded"},"beat":{"layout":"left","marker":"01 · unit of account","title":["The unit of work defines","and verifies the job"],"lede":"The unit of work defines and verifies the job. The quirq is what that verification mints: the output meter, dual to the token's input meter.","caption":"Condensed from the note."}},"the-definition":{"short":"the definition","pose":{"base":"drained"},"beat":{"layout":"right","marker":"02 · the definition","title":["The definition","unit of account"],"lede":"A quirq is one unit of budget currency of verified, owner-valued, delivered work. It is minted, never self-reported:","rows":[{"title":"A human owner defines an outcome with a","note":"machine-checkable definition of done and budgets it at value B. The task now carries B potential quirqs."},{"title":"The environment snapshots the world before execution","note":"(S₀) and after (S₁) and scores completion V ∈ [0, 1] against the definition of done."},{"title":"Verification mints V · B quirqs","note":"recorded in a tamper-evident ledger with everything production consumed."}],"caption":"Condensed from the note."}},"close":{"short":"the end","pose":{"base":"finale"},"beat":{"layout":"center","title":["That is the note,","in one pass."],"glass":1,"lede":"This is The quirq condensed to its beats. The full note carries every paragraph, the tables, the code, and the source it was adapted from.","links":[{"href":"/research/the-quirq","label":"Read the full note"},{"href":"/research","label":"All research","tone":"ghost"}]}}}}