As AI-powered products become more autonomous, intelligence is no longer the hard part. Trust is.

In this episode of Human × Intelligent, Madalena explores the verifiability gap, the invisible space between:

1. what AI systems do

2. what users understand

3. what product teams can actually observe and validate.

You’ll learn:

• Why trust breaks before AI systems fail
• The 3 control layers inside every agentic product (professionals, users and AI)
• Why 'human-in-the-loop' should be a workflow and not an approval step
• How trust, transparency, explainability and feedback work together as system infrastructure
• Practical UX and product strategy patterns to retain users in autonomous systems

This episode connects the dots between signals, personalization, retention and agency. It gives teams concrete ways to design AI systems that are fast and trustworthy.

Next week: the season finale, Episode 11: The agentic leader, on how leadership and organizational design change when your team is a mix of humans and agents.
Season 2 starts at the end of the month.

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