How Much Authority Would You Give AI? (Video)
trust should expand in stages. Reading email, drafting email, sending email, publishing content, changing infrastructure, and spending money are different levels of authority.
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Every AI Agent Needs These 4 Steps (Video)
a serious AI agent needs a loop of Reason, Judge, Act, and Verify. Intelligence is not the same thing as authority.
Read field note →A Successful API Call Can Still Be Wrong (Video)
a successful tool call does not prove that an AI agent made the right decision. Verification is part of the action.
Read field note →Meta Muse Just Made Personal AI Mainstream (Video)
Meta just made personal AI agents a mainstream consumer conversation. The more useful an agent becomes, the more important it is to ask what makes it stop.
Read field note →I Gave My AI Agent More Control. Then I Started Asking Who Could Stop It. (Video)
What makes the agent stop? A Video Note about personal AI, authority, judgment, and verification.
Read field note →I Want a Personal AI Agent. I Also Want It to Know When to Stop.
Personal agents are moving from conversation to delegation. The real question is not only what they can do, but what makes them stop.
Read field note →The Screen Isn't the Product. (Video)
AI may make the screen optional while the data, context, workflow, and business rules become more important.
Read field note →What Happens to the Seat? (Video)
The seat may become the admission ticket. The work becomes the meter.
Read field note →Your Customer Stopped Logging In. Good News? (Video)
Falling logins may mean a product is dying, or it may mean the product is becoming infrastructure.
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