Experiment: Giving AI Agents a Persistent Knowledge Library
dfinke · x · 2026-08-20
Doug Finke is hosting a live experiment exploring what happens when an AI agent possesses a knowledge library it can organize, search, and retrieve. Using minimal machinery—five basic tools, Markdown, and an LLM—he aims to determine how little is needed for an AI to start compounding knowledge instead of starting fresh every time.
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