https://projectmantis.net/ Working notes on building and measuring specialist AI systems for finance. Task-specific models, graph + vector retrieval, evaluation design, and cost-quality tradeoffs. en-us Mon, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://projectmantis.net/projects/att.html https://projectmantis.net/projects/att.html Mon, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bull/bear structure vs equal-budget both-sides research. 450 cells: intensity moves verdicts ~14 pts; structure does not beat B. Displacement only. Falsifiers 68% checkable. https://projectmantis.net/projects/etre.html https://projectmantis.net/projects/etre.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A knowledge graph over real SEC proxy filings + locally-run Qwen3-8B produces memos with zero made-up facts and 100% entity resolution on test cases. https://projectmantis.net/projects/bde.html https://projectmantis.net/projects/bde.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rule-based bias detection from trade records. A task-trained model narrates the findings with simulated data for evaluation. https://projectmantis.net/projects/eci.html https://projectmantis.net/projects/eci.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8B earnings-call extractor vs GPT-5.5 and Claude. Same pipeline, measured on cost, speed, reliability, and evasion detection.