an agent in every cup
collecting bits & bobs about building alliances with other intelligences
an agent in every cup
Growing Up: NAVIGATING GEN AI’S EARLY YEARS.
Explores the current state of generative AI adoption in enterprises, investment trends, departmental usage, and evolving perceptions, providing insights and recommendations for navigating its early years effectively.
ai.wharton.upenn.eduNearly all popular consumer software has been trending towards minimal user agency, infinitely scrolling feeds, and garbage content.
Ivan Vendrov • The Tyranny of the Marginal User
Generative AI and Labor
datasociety.net
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
James Briggs • LLMs Are Not All You Need | Pinecone
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of
... See moreMalleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
Josh Horowitzinkandswitch.com
GitHub - bhavnicksm/chonkie: 🦛 CHONK your texts with Chonkie ✨ - The no-nonsense RAG chunking library
github.com