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title: '**frames**'
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  **frames** — as a verb, the act of a human _shaping and setting up the
  problem_ at the start of AI-assisted work, before delegating the middle of the
  task to AI agents; the opening layer of the **AI sandwich** mental model.
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# \*\*frames\*\*

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## Definition

**frames** — as a verb, the act of a human _shaping and setting up the problem_ at the start of AI-assisted work, before delegating the middle of the task to AI agents; the opening layer of the **AI sandwich** mental model.

In the captured material, *frames* appears as a verb describing the human role at the start of AI-assisted work: people **frame the problem** before handing the middle of the work off to AI agents. It pairs with the closing role of *elevating the result* — the two human layers of the **AI sandwich** mental model.\{' '\}The idea is part of a broader takeaway: a concrete model for deciding **where to invest your own attention** when working with AI agents. Humans frame at the start, elevate at the end, and the increasingly-solved middle can be delegated. Explore each layer of that model to understand why the framing step — and not the execution step — is where human judgment is placed.\{' '\}- **Frames** = the verb for humans shaping the problem at the outset of a task.- It anchors the *first layer* of the **AI sandwich** mental model.- The framing step is where human attention is deliberately invested, in contrast to the middle work that can be handed off.