idk-lamp(I Don’t Know Lamp)
Is answering everything truly intelligent?
A truly smart partner knows its limits and honestly asks for help when needed.
Valuing an honest "I don't know" over a perfect answer. It is in that small gap that trust between humans and AI is born.
The idk-lamp is not a warning light for errors.
It is a quiet signal for a baton pass, where AI pauses and relies on a human, saying, "From here, it's your turn."
This may be the most sincere form of respect a machine can show a human.
Batons over calculations.
Designing the "behavior" of delegating judgment to humans.
Let's build the circuit that lights the lamp. That is our final responsibility as creators releasing AI into society.
See what "I don't know" looks like
Demo → Install → Gate (5 min)
Why stop, and how to behave
Boundaries, deferred judgment, and gate design
Designing conditions for AI to stop deciding