Stratagems #17: Alex Set an AI Bait. The Catch Wasn't Code — It Was Someone Who Shouldn't Have Been Watching.

Toss out a brick to lure a jade gem.

— The 36 Stratagems, Throw Out a Brick to Get a Jade

Previously on this series:

#8: Alex Watched an AI Dashboard Take Over. — MedTech signed a million-dollar AI monitoring contract. Alex built a hidden panel during training. When the panel failed, only he could read and write production.

#15: Derek and Alex Shared One Server. ACL's AI Was Listening to Both. — Alex and Derek faked an alert to divert ACL's audit engineer, then redirected the collector output. Alex never forgot ACL's pipeline signature.