Maggie Appleton
Person on 4 sites
Design engineer and illustrator; makes visual essays on programming, anthropology and language models
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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20 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Interfaces between humans and agents are too thin, with little translation between what humans see and what agents see. (opens korrents.com)
“Another way to put this is that our interfaces between humans and agents are very thin. There's not a lot of translation between what humans see and what agents see.”
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In human-agent interaction the human is the prioritised party, and the agent should do far more labour for the human's benefit. (opens korrents.com)
“The agent is not the prioritised party in this interaction. We are. The agent should be doing far more labour for human benefit.”
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A plan handed to an agent should already have made meaningful contact with the important parts of reality. (opens korrents.com)
“By the time we hand the plan over, it should already have made meaningful contact with the important parts of reality.”
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Interfaces between humans and agents are too thin, with little translation between what humans see and what agents see. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Yesteryear (opens rcmnd.app)
“Yesteryear and loved it, just like everyone else. Strong recommend.”
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (opens rcmnd.app)
“But Radden Keefe is a brilliant writer and his detailed historical narratives make it worth my discomfort.”
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (opens rcmnd.app)
“On Writing ” – both excellent. The former for grounded advice on non-fiction communication, the latter for an extraordinary account of persistently writing through double-shift minimum wage jobs and a raging alcohol…”
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Yesteryear (opens rcmnd.app)