A Technology for Free Will

10 hours ago

AI's PC era is arriving, focusing on personal AI that is easy, free, and dependable, operating locally on devices.
Personal AI should not be a cloud service but a layer between users and destinations, using user data and models.
Current software clutters screens to capture attention, with apps prioritizing platform goals over user intent.
AI agents can leverage access to data and actions behind interfaces, removing platforms as bottlenecks.
The 'Walled Web' traps valuable data behind logins, making APIs unreliable; user devices are where data converges.
Technology breakthroughs unlock freedoms: speech (printing press/internet), money (blockchain), and will (AI agents).
Permissionless access allows tools to act on behalf of users using existing access, bypassing API limitations.
Non-negotiables for agent sovereignty: user's machine (local execution), data (open formats), and model (swappable).
The 'Agentic Proxy' (e.g., Mango) is a mobile-first local agent acting as a medium for efficient web use.
File over app: agent memory should outlive apps via plain text files (mango), ensuring data portability and model swappability.
The shift involves fewer dependencies, starting in the long tail of services without APIs, normalizing tool ownership.

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