Autonomy
5 practitioners working with Autonomy:
agentic loops: observe, plan, act, verify
the core pattern of autonomous agents. simple in theory, messy in practice, and full of ways to fail.
cognitive prosthetic vs cognitive crutch
when does AI assistance enhance cognition and when does it replace it? the bicycle-for-the-mind versus the wheelchair-for-the-mind, and how to tell the difference.
convivial AI: Ivan Illich for the agent age
Illich argued tools should enhance autonomy, not create dependence. applied to personal AI: what convivial design means, why your AI should be burnable, and the three tests every tool must pass.
the integration bottleneck
AI writes faster than you can review. the bottleneck shifted from creation to integration, and nobody's ready for it.
the integration bottleneck
AI writes faster than you can review. creation is instant. integration is hell. the bottleneck shifted, and nobody's ready.