Sabbatical researcher maps 5 theses: bifurcated software, personal agents, attention repricing
manosaie · x · 2026-11-02
A researcher on sabbatical lays out five themes she's studying: software bifurcating into a chosen layer (scarce human attention) and an invisible layer humming with delegated agent attention; the narrowness of machine intelligence vs. human creativity and adaptability; a coming renaissance of video-game design mechanics across all software; personal agents as the new personal computer, revisiting HCI first principles; and how abundant intelligence will reprice leverage, forcing companies and individuals to own their intelligence stack. She invites builders, readers and writers in these areas to DM her.
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