"AI on top of chaos amplifies chaos": the case for systems before AI

dSebastien · x · 2026-09-13

Replying to his own post about an AI assistant living in a 20,000-note vault, dSebastien distills the core lesson: AI on top of chaos amplifies chaos; AI on top of a system compounds. His setup works because the vault already had note types, templates and rules, letting the AI handle filing, link maintenance, drafting and scheduled tasks.

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