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# Presentation: Designing AI Platforms for Reliability: Tools for Certainty, Agents for Discovery

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

Aaron Erickson explains how NVIDIA designs and tests purpose-built AI agent hierarchies. For senior developers and architects, he outlines why balancing deterministic tools with agentic discovery is crucial. Discover how to leverage rare context, implement LLM-as-a-judge test pyramids, and avoid the paradox of choice to build highly reliable, production-grade AI systems at scale. By Aaron Erickson

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