an agent in every cup
collecting bits & bobs about building alliances with other intelligences
by kaiton · updated 2mo ago
an agent in every cup
- focus less on AI as something separate from humans, and more on tools that enhance human cognition rather than replacing it… If we want a future that is both superintelligent and "human", one where human beings are not just pets, but actually retain meaningful agency over the world, then it feels like something like this is the most natural option.
kaiton added 4mo ago
Indeed, AI is a diffuse term that corresponds to a web of human actors and computational processes interacting in complex ways
from Who gets credit for AI-generated art? – MIT Media Lab by Sydney Levine
kaiton added 4mo ago
- Nearly all popular consumer software has been trending towards minimal user agency, infinitely scrolling feeds, and garbage content.
from The Tyranny of the Marginal User by Ivan Vendrov
kaiton added 4mo ago
- I want to end this with a quote by Ivan Illich, who I'm sure many of you have heard of.
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can l... See morekaiton added 3mo ago
I want to end this with a quote by Ivan Illich, who I'm sure many of you have heard of.
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, to give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others."
Software is no exception to this.
- A quick example from my life: Twitter didn’t replace Facebook. The iPad didn’t replace my phone. My phone didn’t replace my TV. Now, I watch YouTube on my iPad, toss the video up to my TV, while checking Twitter and Facebook on my phone. It’s a little constellation of technology. But I keep asking myself: how many more things can I juggle? And for ... See more
from Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain by Frank Chimero
kaiton added 4mo ago
- In one way, it is easier to be inexperienced: you don’t have to learn what is no longer relevant. Experience, on the other hand, creates two distinct struggles: the first is to identify and unlearn what is no longer necessary (that’s work, too). The second is to remain open-minded, patient, and willing to engage with what’s new, even if it resemble... See more
from Everything Easy is Hard Again by Frank Chimero
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- Picture this: You're a seventh-grade student who struggles to keep up in math. But now, you have an AI tutor like the one Sal describes by your side. As you work through a challenging set of fraction problems, it won’t just give you the answer—it breaks each problem down into digestible steps. When you get stuck, it gives you easy-to-understand exp... See more
from Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education…again
kaiton added 4mo ago
- An agent can be thought of as a logical wrapper around an LLM, allowing us to add several features to our AI systems, primarily:
- Tool usage, such as calling APIs for info, executing code,
- Internal thoughts over multiple generation steps
- Ability to use various tools and reasoning steps to answer more complex queries.
- Parallel agents can go and complete
from LLMs Are Not All You Need | Pinecone by James Briggs
kaiton added 4mo ago
- It’s becoming increasingly clear that the vast majority of useful AI is not about creating an artificial human personality. It is about creating tools that are endowed with intelligence, and capable of performing far more complex tasks than before.
from Intelligent Tools by Every
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