Whitepaper
The $3,460 Question: Testing AI Deployment Assumptions Before Production Failures
Craig Borman the Crusible19 April 2026◎ 14 views
OpenAI's o3 costs $3,460 per query—200x more than humans. Before deploying expensive AI systems in production, enterprises must identify the hidden assumptions that lead to catastrophic failures. This whitepaper shows why assumption testing delivers 200x-2,000x ROI.
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