Dr Peter McCann Strain
Founder, AI builder, Oxford DPhilFounder, AI builder, Oxford DPhil researcher
Welcome. This is a map of my work, writing, and useful AI systems. Start with Work, Essays, Build Notes, or the profile AI.Welcome. This is a map of my work, writing, and useful AI systems. Start with Work for projects, Essays for Architecting the AI Coworker, Build Notes for project stories, or the profile AI if you want a guide.
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This site is organised so you can skim quickly or go very deep. Start with the work if you want the built things, the essays if you want the operating model, and the build notes if you want the engineering stories behind specific projects.
If you cannot find what you need, or you want to chat further, email me at peter.mccann.strain@gmail.com.
Architecting the AI Coworker
A 22-essay operating model for the people who own the consequences when an agent acts. Not delegating to a model — architecting a team.
What is the AI coworker, really?
There Is No "It"
What makes the AI coworker trustworthy?
The Model Card Won't Save You
What happens while it is running?
The Sentence That Owns the Agent
What does the run leave behind?
Show Me the Run
Who decides what it does next?
You Cannot Benchmark a Coworker
Read the series
22 essays · five arcs · companion PDF and worksheets.
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The research mind
Oxford DPhil. Medical AI that reads full digitised microscope slides — mapping tissue regions, picking out cells, and drawing out what it all means biologically.