Decision Science

The right calculation for the choice in front of you.

Wolf You Feed (WYF) is an artificially intelligent council—a roundtable of generative AI models—that receives the circumstance and evidence you set before it, then deliberates toward a best-in-class decision regarding that matter. While more powerful than any single model, the council still infers its response to a decision opportunity via the mechanisms common to most Large Language Models (LLMs). On the surface, that deliberation between the models happens with natural language (for example, English).

Sometimes, however, better decisions require more than words.

Decision science grew out of many different fields of study: philosophy, psychology, economics, game theory, computer science, mathematics, and more. As hinted, experts deliberating between choices with high stakes often need more than mere prose. To that end, numbers can describe the probabilities attached to risk, can articulate the likelihoods of various possible outcomes, and can bring to the table clarity and precision not achievable with natural language alone.

Decision science has many different computational tools used by insurance actuaries, public policymakers, Wall Street quants, medical practitioners, military commanders, and people making all sorts of extremely consequential decisions every day. While many expert decision makers value experience above all, sometimes a better outcome comes from also examining a mathematical representation of the circumstance—especially when uncertainty is part of the problem.

Recent advances have made AI more fluent and accurate than ever with mathematical calculations, including when leveraged to solve very challenging problems that have eluded mathematicians for centuries. One upside to AI’s ability to manage math well is: it’s never been easier for the average person to explore advanced mathematical concepts. However—when making important decisions—one still needs to know the right tool given the unknowns and constraints inherent to their circumstance.

To that end: WYF makes it easy for you to augment evidence you provide to the council with these high powered mathematical tools. It automatically matches the best computational tool to your circumstance; the council treats the output as additional evidence informing its inferred decision. Or—you can easily leverage the tool after the council’s inference to validate that decision. The match between the math and your decision opportunity happens automatically behind the scenes. But, importantly: the council can never augment or change computed inputs.

Not every decision requires these high powered tools or benefits from them. Wolf You Feed is smart enough to know when NOT to use math. It looks at the kind of choice you set before it, the facts you can supply, then checks whether an inspectable calculation fits. If the fit is not clear, WYF preserves the unknowns instead of forcing a calculation. Moreover, you are always in control: you can elect to precompute the math, or keep it out of the council’s deliberation altogether, or just wait to leverage it to validate the decision once it’s rendered.

Wolf You Feed’s computed decision science tools are especially excellent for projections involving money or other physical resources, for evaluating odds when some critical value is uncertain, for sorting between competing priorities, and for evaluating options inside of hard limits.

Health Decisions follow the same discipline with a different evidence shape. Money and other physical-resource circumstances often match an inspectable calculation: cash flow, odds, priorities, and hard limits. Health circumstances more often bring published citations the council can consider—named society thresholds compared to values you stated, plus public label and interaction lookups you consented to. Those cards cite and refer. They do not diagnose, alarm, or treat. The council still cannot rewrite computed or cited numbers, and it still preserves the unknowns when the fit is unclear. That keeps inference from inventing a medical conclusion the evidence did not support.

Examples

Cash-flow forecast

Family · Wealth

When the money runs out

How it is computed

Cash-flow and runway projection

What you bring

Starting balance, inflows, outflows, reserve
Consumable depletion

Tactical · Move

How far can we go before fuel or water hits the reserve?

How it is computed

Depletion from recorded quantity and burn

What you bring

Quantity on hand, burn range, reserve, horizon
Expected value

Family · Wealth

Which career opportunity pays more

How it is computed

Expected-value comparison

What you bring

Named options, probabilities you will state, payoffs
Pareto frontier

Family · Relationships

Which home meets more of our family's needs

How it is computed

Pareto trade-off set

What you bring

Homes, price, the priorities you named

More circumstances

Additional identities are available to registered users. Each card names a situation people actually bring. The method name and the inspectable formula stay behind a session.

Wealth

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Can I safely afford this purchase?

How it is computed: Total cost of ownership against a cash reserve you named
What you bring: Price, recurring costs, reserve, horizon

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Which debt should I pay first?

How it is computed: Payoff ordering under a monthly cash limit
What you bring: Balances, APRs, minimums, available monthly cash

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Should I refinance?

How it is computed: Break-even and rate sensitivity
What you bring: Payoff balance, current and new APR, term, fees

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

What contribution reaches my goal?

How it is computed: Required contribution over a stated horizon
What you bring: Current balance, target, horizon, return range

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Rent or buy?

How it is computed: Discounted cash flow with tenure and cost sensitivity
What you bring: Rent, price, mortgage, taxes, maintenance, expected tenure

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

How much insurance is rational?

How it is computed: Loss cases against what you can afford
What you bring: Exposure, deductible options, premium, reserve capacity

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Will this retirement or withdrawal plan hold?

How it is computed: Longevity and sequence-risk ranges, not a promise
What you bring: Assets, spending, horizon, contribution or withdrawal rules

Registered Users Only

Family · Wealth

Can I start this business now?

How it is computed: Runway and a staged stop-loss you named
What you bring: Capital, burn range, revenue cases, stop-loss

How it is computed: Priority-weighted comparison of the habits you named
What you bring: Habits, time cost, expected benefit, the hours you still have

How it is computed: Time-budgeting and the remaining trade-off set
What you bring: Standing commitments, hours, non-negotiables, the people involved

How it is computed: Scheduling against the windows, support, and resource floors you name
What you bring: Launch windows, support availability, resource state, constraints you will not violate

And many more!

Family Mode

Family Mode supports decisions involving wealth, health, relationships, and the obligations that connect them.

Wealth

WYF can model cash flow, income, taxes, investments, bills and debt, housing, transportation, groceries, and insurance. Its calculations use the balances, rates, terms, limits, and assumptions you provide—or that you provide when prompted.

It can show projected consequences and trade-offs. It does not replace a qualified accountant or licensed investment advisor, guarantee investment outcomes, or predict whether an insurer will pay a claim.

Health

WYF compares clinician-provided options and analyzes measurements, habits, and commitments you choose to track. It can identify trends, estimate uncertainty, and surface divergence between your plan and your behavior.

It cannot diagnose a condition, select a treatment, set a medication dose, determine that an intervention is safe, or replace a licensed practitioner.

Relationships

WYF works with observable facts, stated values, commitments, time, boundaries, and consequences. It does not infer hidden motives or assign probabilities to whether another person is honest, loving, compatible, abusive, or likely to leave.

It can identify contradictions among the facts you provide, the intentions you state, and the commitments you have made. It is not therapy and does not attempt to replace it. Its role is narrower: clarify the decision, expose the trade-offs, and help you remain accountable to the standards you set for yourself.

Tactical Mode

Tactical Mode supports bounded operational planning while preserving human command. A person remains in the loop. WYF does not execute tactical actions or supersede lawful authority, policy, or rules of engagement.

Shoot

Mission preparation, resource planning, and readiness. WYF can model capacity, depletion, redundancy, and stated constraints. It does not aim, fire, select targets, or modify rules of engagement.

Move

Mobility, logistics, and egress. WYF can project when fuel, water, or another finite resource will reach a stated reserve; test payload and capacity constraints; and compare routes against the conditions you provide.

You choose the route and authorize the action.

Communicate

Communications, watches, and situational awareness. WYF can schedule coverage, compare declared channel reliability, and identify which constrained resource is likely to reach its reserve first.

It does not transmit.

Complex decisions

Major decisions rarely arrive one at a time. Education, caregiving, housing, and career changes can collide—each affecting your money, time, health, relationships, and obligations.

WYF separates a complex decision into its component questions, applies the appropriate analytical method to each, and then brings the results back together so you can see the constraints, consequences, and trade-offs as a whole.

These situations do not introduce new methods. They combine methods described elsewhere, while keeping each calculation and assumption visible.

Family Mode · Combined analysis

Should I go back to school?

How it is analyzed: Discounted cash flow, calendar feasibility, and comparison of the remaining viable options.
What you provide: Tuition, lost wages, available time, health demands, and household constraints.

Should our family move?

How it is analyzed: Location-cost scenarios, your stated priorities, and sensitivity to adverse outcomes.
What you provide: Locations, housing costs, careers, travel demands, household constraints, family support, and health considerations.

Should I reduce work to care for my aging parent?

How it is analyzed: Cash-runway projection and allocation of caregiving capacity.
What you provide: Expected pay reduction, care requirements, available hours, financial reserve, and other caregivers.

Should I buy a home now?

How it is analyzed: Affordability, reserve-floor projection, rent-versus-buy comparison, and sensitivity to expected tenure.
What you provide: Purchase price, financing terms, recurring costs, available reserves, rent alternative, and expected tenure.

Use computation only when it earns its place

Bring the decision. WYF structures the actors, options, constraints, evidence, and unknowns.

When a supported calculation can reduce uncertainty, run it before deliberation—or use it afterward.

Examples

Cash-flow forecast

When the money runs out

Consumable depletion

How far can we go before fuel or water hits the reserve?

Expected value

Which career opportunity pays more

Pareto frontier

Which home meets more of our family's needs

More circumstances

Wealth

Can I safely afford this purchase?

Which debt should I pay first?

Should I refinance?

What contribution reaches my goal?

Rent or buy?

How much insurance is rational?

Will this retirement or withdrawal plan hold?

Can I start this business now?

Health

How should I interpret this screening result?

How should I schedule training this week?

Which clinician-provided treatment option fits my priorities?

Which habit should I add first?

What is a realistic weight-goal timeline?

What range of weekly activity is consistent with the trend I logged?

How should I allocate PT around appointments this week?

Which habit should I drop first if time gets tight?

Relationships

Is our reconciliation plan feasible?

Do I stay, leave, or set a boundary?

What parenting or custody schedule is workable?

Should we relocate?

How do we divide household work fairly?

Can we sustain this caregiving plan for my partner's parent?

Which obligations must I reduce?

How do we protect time together this month?

Tactical Mode

How many magazines are justified for this watch?

What is the minimum ammo load per soldier for this mission?

What is the maximum distance from QRF we can accept?

When is the optimal assault launch time?

Family Mode

Wealth

Health

Relationships

Tactical Mode

Shoot

Move

Communicate

Complex decisions

Family Mode · Combined analysis

Should I go back to school?

Should our family move?

Should I reduce work to care for my aging parent?

Should I buy a home now?

Use computation only when it earns its place