The Signal
Human
Who Audits the Auditors
19 citations · claims verified
Machines draft it. A human signs it. Nothing publishes itself.
Five stations, five colours, one signature. Every episode carries a dated human attestation, a citation count, and the reason it survived the Cutting Room.
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The Signal · 01
Human-curated
Week Ahead
in AI
Listened in full — Byron Arnao · 2026-07-19
Attestation states what the review was. Never a bare “reviewed by”.
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Transcript & claim table
Five stations
Each show owns a colour — drawn as a stroke, not a flood. Hung side by side on the same cream wall.
01
The Signal
Weekly · AI flagship
3 episodes55 citations · 2026-08-02
02
Do Not Deploy
Fortnightly · AI comedy
9 episodessatire · judge off · 2026-08-18
03
The Loop
Weekly · comedy
22 episodessatire · judge off · 2026-08-22
04
Field Notes
Shorts · photography
58 shortsjudge-gated · 2026-08-21
05
Split Times
Shorts · endurance
12 shortsjudge-gated · 2026-08-23
New this week
Three jackets, matted and hung. Same governance, quieter wall.
Do Not Deploy
Human
The Agent Rebate
satire · judge off, labelled
Field Notes
Auto
Spires, Twenty-Two Years
6 citations · judge-gated
The Cutting Room
Episodes the machines made and Byron refused to sign. Dated, with the human sentence on why each one died.
9
Killed
41
Published
18%
Kill rate · rolling 90 days
2.4×
Review minutes per published minute
Do Not Deploy · killed 2026-08-05
The Agent Rebate (first cut)
“Two claims about a vendor’s pricing had no live source. I’m not putting my name on a number I can’t link to.” Byron Arnao
The Signal · killed 2026-07-28
Week of July 28
“The lead segment aired a permit pause as a ban. That’s drift, not nuance — killed rather than patched.” Byron Arnao
Field Notes · killed 2026-08-14
Auto draft No. 57
“Every citation resolved. The judge passed it. I didn’t — it said nothing worth seven minutes.” Byron Arnao