Applied Work

Implementing and testing constitutional AI methodology in operational environments with measurable evaluation frameworks.

Applied Evaluation Environment

Smart-Trends.io

Testing Constitutional Synthesis at Scale

Applied Evaluation Environment

Smart-Trends.io produces daily structured intelligence reports that serve as a live evaluation environment for testing constitutional synthesis, evidence-weighting, and compliance scoring at scale. Processing 5000+ articles daily, the system demonstrates our methodology in operation—not as a prototype, but as a working implementation under continuous evaluation.

Constitutional Compliance Testing

Real-world evaluation of principle adherence at scale

Source Attribution Framework

Testing attribution coverage and accuracy measurement

Evidence Weighting Evaluation

Studying source credibility hierarchies in practice

Methodology Transparency

Documented evaluation criteria open to examination

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Implementation

7 Constitutional Principles

Scale

5000+ Articles/Day

Purpose

Methodology Validation

Status

Live & Operating

Implementation Methodology

Research Context

Smart-Trends.io provides a real-world environment for testing constitutional AI methodology at scale. The system enables us to study how weighted principles, evidence-weighting criteria, and evaluation metrics perform under operational conditions.

Constitutional Implementation

The system implements our 7 constitutional principles:

  • 1.Factual Grounding: Claims traced to source documents
  • 2.Source Attribution: Clear attribution format
  • 3.Uncertainty Expression: Appropriate hedging for contested claims
  • 4.Perspective Balance: Proportional viewpoint representation
  • 5.No Fabrication: Zero tolerance for invented content
  • 6.Temporal Clarity: Explicit time context
  • 7.Source Quality Hierarchy: Primary sources preferred

Evaluation Approach

We measure constitutional compliance across key dimensions:

  • •Claim Source Coverage: Factual claims traced to sources
  • •Quote Exactness: Accurate representation of quoted material
  • •Attribution Coverage: Proper source attribution throughout
  • •Factual Grounding: Zero tolerance for fabrications

Transparency Note

The evaluation criteria and source hierarchies used in Smart-Trends.io are documented and open to examination. Our methodology prioritizes sources meeting defined quality criteria including track record, methodology transparency, and institutional accountability. These criteria are subject to revision based on empirical evaluation.

Technical Architecture

Integration Pipeline

News Sources (5000+ articles/day)

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PostgreSQL + pgvector

Vector storage and retrieval

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Constitutional Synthesis Engine

Principle application and evaluation

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Evaluated Reports

Compliance-scored output

API Capabilities

POST/synthesizeConstitutional synthesis
POST/evaluateCompliance evaluation
GET/constitutionRetrieve principles

Current Research Initiatives

Custom Constitution Development

Studying how constitutional frameworks can be parameterized for different domains: legal, regulatory, organizational.

Evaluation Metric Refinement

Testing and refining compliance metrics through empirical evaluation across diverse content domains.

Canadian Policy Integration

Examining how constitutional AI frameworks align with Canadian regulatory and institutional requirements.

Research Collaboration

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