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I resonate with this, but it does imply “pay it forward”-esque mechanics for longevity. I live by this, but there is a burnout that sets in when you do for so many but few do for you. I know it shouldn’t be an equal exchange, but there is only so much energy one can give to others, and it’s hard to multiply what little kindness you receive, sometimes. For me, the question is “how can I replenish that energy to continue to be the good person I want to be?”
This is a fantastic idea. Could it already be done with Jupyter Notebooks? I’ve never used Jupyter before, but it seems like this would be close.
I had Google Glass when it came out. It was essentially this, but the tech at the time was still too bulky and voice and other things that would’ve made it better were not quite ready yet. A little too ahead of its time, but the idea was there. In fact, since then, I’ve seen attempts to do what you’re asking, and we’re getting closer. The problems now are the cameras & microphones and privacy, and bulkiness of the devices.
Not sure about you, but recently, a lot more of those online behaviors have started appearing IRL.
That means that people already did these things, but, like alcohol, the Internet lowers the inhibitions to not behave like that. It’s a pretty short leap to say that, if you spend a lot of time online, these behaviors will become a large part of who you are on and off the Internet.
Does it mean that people can’t relearn how not to act like that? No, but it’s gonna be hard.
I know it’s a very unpopular opinion around here, but this was pretty much the dream and why agents were built. The problem is their inefficiency and training mechanics. However, I read about A2A as a way to achieve this through a demo, where your local machine talks with airlines and hotels to find out availability, asks you questions on preferences, and tries to find a solution. Some existing vacation planners already do this, but I know your ask is in general, and I think that was the plan for engineers. I’m sure they were steered in other directions though. Things like this could be done without AI, though, but standardization is required and to achieve that we have to deal with a very human problem: cooperative agreement. It’s rare when people agree so completely on a standard, which is why some of the most basic things the Internet is based on takes forever before finally becoming a standard. Sometimes it takes just one method/format to become the standard based on popularity, but for tools to work together, it requires multiple parties to agree and then others to want to join in and adopt it. The unfortunate part is that as things expand, needs change and things get messy really quick.
I mean, that’s sort of already happening: Model Collapse. It’s just a matter of time now.
In a way, I think the early AOL had this idea.
I work for a division of a health tech company and I can say that we hear you and value this kind of feedback. There are folks I work with who have dedicated themselves (including myself) to seek solutions to problems like these, and as a former integrations engineer, some companies are better at interoperability than others, despite the efforts of the HITECH Act in the US. My frustration is time and getting the attention of those who greenlight projects to work on things like these. On one hand, I feel OSS could help solve these problems sooner, but on the other hand, healthcare has some very opinionated people and things could get messy.
For me, it was a combination in middle school: replaying Sonic 2 on the Genesis, Extreme-G on N64, and re-affirmed with XGRA on Xbox.
I hope their name is Lord Nibbler
Tastes like purple.
I love how I came across this as my partner was crochet knitting next to me on the couch. I showed her and she totally agreed.
TIHI