Alexis Rondeau

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Bookmarked from Ethan Mollick @emollick

A new open AI image model comes out, best accessed through an API.

I can't code in Python, no easy way to get it.

I paste in the documentation & asked ChatGPT (then switched to Claude for bigger context window) to build me an app that lets me create images. Took a few minutes.

Bookmarked from Harrison Chase @hwchase17

🕓Ambient Agents

One of the UX patterns I'm most interested in is the idea of "ambient agents" working in the background for us

This can be super powerful... but needs some UX tricks to get right. So I wrote about it!

blog.langchain.dev/ux-for-agents-…

What are some considerations here?

👪 Human on the loop

We mostly talk about human-in-the-loop, but that doesn't work for ambient agents. Still - having observability and potentially control over what the agent does is important

So rather than have the human in the loop, what if they were on the loop? You can observe all that is happening, but after the fact.

Helps to build trust!

🤝Asking for help

Often times agents can't be fully autonomous. They may need input from a human on a particular point.

For example - I have an email agent which often needs input from me on how to fix this bug, whether I want to schedule this meeting, etc

This means that agents need a way to reach out to humans and ask for help. What might this look like? I think something like a customer support dashboard is a reasonable UX

❓Are you building agents with some sort of ambient UX?

If so - I'd love to talk! Please reach out or lmk what you think

Bookmarked from Ian Cassel @iancassel

Poor investors often disguise inexperience with arrogance. Rich investors disguise experience with humility. The richest person in the room is almost always the quietest one in the room. The poorest person in the room is almost always the loudest one in the room.

Bookmarked from John Rush @johnrush

I consider myself unlucky.

I Failed Almost Everything I've Tried.

🚫failed to complete my degree.

🚫failed 13 out of my 15 angel investments.

🚫failed all my b2c startups.

🚫failed at over 10 finals (judo, football, and ping-pong).

🚫failed at crypt0 (hackers stole all my assets).

🚫failed fisherman saas.

🚫failed classified marketplace startup.

🚫failed feedback stands for malls.

🚫failed travel app.

🚫failed business admin platform.

🚫failed an agency.

🚫failed all my investments.

🚫failed most relationships.

🚫failed a movie app.

🚫failed an icon-searching portal.

🚫failed all my mobile apps.

🚫failed 100 more things, startups, ideas, hopes & dreams.

Was I lucky on the way?
Sometimes, but nothing remarkable.

Today I live the live I want

  • i have a wife and many kids
  • living in a village growing food and working in the garden
  • working from home
  • no meetings
  • no bosses
  • I decide what I wanna do with every minute of my life
  • I have enough financial freedom to pursue my dreams
  • I haven't had any significant events; I simply done lots of small things that led to a compound effect both on my wealth and network.

The advice I'd give to anyone who asks: life isn't like a movie. In life you just keep working for decades and slowly grow your wealth, network, skillset.

It's a long-term game; you must enjoy the journey more than the destination. Otherwise, you'll be walking the road being depressed, and in this case, the chances of winning at the end are very low.

Keep it up, do small things every day, and enjoy the ride.