ARTICLES
Articles
Original essays and documented research on AI operators and token-cascade measurement. Source publications are indexed here without changing their canonical URLs.
The Three Modes Behind the AI Operator Board
Equal token totals can hide radically different workflows. Read human-led, hybrid/HITL, and agentic operation through four token pillars, operating ratio, throughput, and submission history.
SigRank Interactive Dashboards
Interactive analytics dashboards for the SigRank two-axis operator taxonomy — 10 build archetypes, 24-stage experience ladder, cross-metric scatterplots, operator scatterplots, platform board, and model board. 1,628 operators, 17 platforms, 3,304 models.
The Human in the Loop Is Unmeasured
Models are benchmarked constantly. Systems are safety-tested. But the humans driving the tools have no widely adopted public evaluation standard based on passive telemetry. SigRank is building one - from token cascades, not self-report.
Volume Isn't Yield: The Shape of AI Operators
A historical analysis of 1,628 AI coding operator records by volume, Yield, and token-flow composition. Statistical groups describe operating signatures, not the level of human intervention.