[!] TOPIC ARCHIVE // #AUTONOMY
#Autonomy
All 5 guides, operator dossiers, and signals tagged with #Autonomy.
when agents stop waiting
the moment your AI operates on its own clock, the rules change. scheduled tasks, sandbox escapes, and the end of permission prompts.
agentic loops: observe, plan, act, verify
the core pattern of autonomous agents. simple in theory, messy in practice, and full of ways to fail.
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.
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.
the integration bottleneck
AI writes faster than you can review. the bottleneck shifted from creation to integration, and nobody's ready for it.