#act-modeling
#act-modeling

38 minutes ago

Psychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals

Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.

Deliverability

These Are the Hidden Cues That Make or Break a Conversation

Psychology says people who command the most respect in a room aren't the loudest or most confident - they're the ones who can disagree without making others feel stupid for having believed something different - Silicon Canals

Respectful disagreement fosters genuine influence and encourages open dialogue.

38 minutes ago

Psychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals

Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.

Deliverability

These Are the Hidden Cues That Make or Break a Conversation

Pre-communication is essential for effective conversations, enhancing motivation and preparedness among participants.

Psychology says people who command the most respect in a room aren't the loudest or most confident - they're the ones who can disagree without making others feel stupid for having believed something different - Silicon Canals

Respectful disagreement fosters genuine influence and encourages open dialogue.

Anthropic's Designs Three-Agent Harness Supports Long-Running Full-Stack AI Development

Anthropic's multi-agent harness improves autonomous application development by dividing tasks among agents for better coherence and output quality.

#ai-adoption

15 hours ago

Managing AI has become its own job

Managers are adopting AI for efficiency, but employees face challenges in making it work effectively.

More people are using AI to manage their money- but they won't let it make decisions alone | Fortune

Employees embrace AI for productivity but prefer human decision-making authority.

15 hours ago

Managing AI has become its own job

Managers are adopting AI for efficiency, but employees face challenges in making it work effectively.

More people are using AI to manage their money- but they won't let it make decisions alone | Fortune

Employees embrace AI for productivity but prefer human decision-making authority.

Directing a Swarm of Agents for Fun and Profit

Netflix pioneered enterprise cloud usage, transitioning from credit card instances to formal AWS licensing.

Design

10 hours ago

The Future of Brain Health Is Architecture

The built environment significantly influences mental health, mood, and performance, with neuroscience guiding design for improved well-being.

#productivity

14 hours ago

UX design

Do less with AI

Many productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead

Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.

Rethinking Effort in the Age of AI

Not all shortcuts reflect laziness; some enhance productivity by freeing cognitive resources for more valuable work.

UX design

14 hours ago

Do less with AI

Trying to do too much hinders productivity and leads to unfinished projects and feelings of inadequacy.

Many productivity programs solve the wrong problem. This is what leaders should do instead

Organizations face work design problems rather than productivity issues, leading to temporary solutions that fail to address underlying conflicts in problem-solving approaches.

Rethinking Effort in the Age of AI

Not all shortcuts reflect laziness; some enhance productivity by freeing cognitive resources for more valuable work.

Press 1 to Accept the Future

The only choice left regarding technology is whether to embrace it or be left behind.

fromeLearning Industry

AI Strategy Roadmap: A Step-By-Step Plan From Pilot To Scale

A clear AI strategy roadmap is essential for transforming pilot projects into scalable, impactful enterprise-wide initiatives.

Online learning

fromComputerworld

AI chatbot use can hinder students' knowledge retention

Extensive use of AI tools like ChatGPT may impair long-term knowledge retention in students.

How to Get the Most Out of Claude Code

The /insights command in Claude Code analyzes user interaction history and generates a detailed report for improvement.

fromTheregister

Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast

Users of Claude Code are facing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their coding work.

Python

How to Get the Most Out of Claude Code

The /insights command in Claude Code analyzes user interaction history and generates a detailed report for improvement.

fromTheregister

Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast

Users of Claude Code are facing high token usage and early quota exhaustion, disrupting their coding work.

more#claude-code

#emotional-intelligence

Psychology suggests people who stay calm during conflict aren't less emotional - they learned early that the person who controls the temperature of the room controls the outcome, and they stopped reacting and started choosing - Silicon Canals

Controlling emotional responses during conflict can significantly influence the outcome of the situation.

Mindfulness

How AI is teaching us to be more human

Psychology suggests people who stay calm during conflict aren't less emotional - they learned early that the person who controls the temperature of the room controls the outcome, and they stopped reacting and started choosing - Silicon Canals

Controlling emotional responses during conflict can significantly influence the outcome of the situation.

more#emotional-intelligence

How AI is teaching us to be more human

Self-awareness and emotional intelligence are enhanced by new AI tools, countering fears of technology making us less human.

E-Commerce

fromPractical Ecommerce

Shoppers Want AI Help, Not Control

AI enhances shopping by saving time and simplifying decisions, but consumers are hesitant about fully autonomous purchase agents.

Nobody Carries AI's Thinking With Affection

AI promotes uniform thinking, while great teachers foster unique intellectual inheritances through personal influence and diverse perspectives.

Artificial intelligence

AI Didn't Extend Intelligence, It Changed Its Direction

fromnews.bitcoin.com

19 hours ago

Software development

What Is Hermes Agent? Nous Research's Self-Improving AI Explained

Agentic AI Patterns Reinforce Engineering Discipline

Agentic AI patterns enhance engineering discipline and adapt established practices for AI-assisted software development.

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

AI is set to revolutionize post-code push processes, automating tasks like security fixes, error logging, and code reviews.

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

I Built a Desktop Multi-Agent System.Conceptually Goes Beyond Codex Desktop and Claude Code Desktop

A new open-source project enables the creation of customizable AI agent teams for various tasks and workflows.

Nobody Carries AI's Thinking With Affection

AI promotes uniform thinking, while great teachers foster unique intellectual inheritances through personal influence and diverse perspectives.

AI Didn't Extend Intelligence, It Changed Its Direction

AI changes the direction of intelligence rather than making it faster, leading to a loss of personal engagement in knowledge creation.

fromnews.bitcoin.com

19 hours ago

What Is Hermes Agent? Nous Research's Self-Improving AI Explained

Nous Research's Hermes Agent addresses Openclaw's memory issue by providing persistent memory and automated skill adaptation.

Agentic AI Patterns Reinforce Engineering Discipline

Agentic AI patterns enhance engineering discipline and adapt established practices for AI-assisted software development.

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

AI is set to revolutionize post-code push processes, automating tasks like security fixes, error logging, and code reviews.

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

I Built a Desktop Multi-Agent System.Conceptually Goes Beyond Codex Desktop and Claude Code Desktop

A new open-source project enables the creation of customizable AI agent teams for various tasks and workflows.

more#ai

Higher education

Despite Skepticism, Widespread AI Use at Cal State

The California State University system shows significant AI tool usage among students, faculty, and staff, despite some skepticism about its role in education.

Scala

Beyond RAG: Architecting Context-Aware AI Systems with Spring Boot

Context-Augmented Generation (CAG) enhances Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) by managing runtime context for enterprise applications without requiring model retraining.

fromAdExchanger

How AI Is Reshaping The Marketing Scientist Role | AdExchanger

Marketing scientists now translate data into meaningful insights, bridging the gap between AI analysis and human interpretation.

DevOps

Pinterest Deploys Production-Scale Model Context Protocol Ecosystem for AI Agent Workflows

Pinterest has developed an internal Model Context Protocol ecosystem to enhance AI automation in engineering tasks and integrate various tools securely.

Social media marketing

fromBenzinga

Socialtrait Launches Predictive Audience Simulation Platform

Behavioral Simulation AI aims to accurately model real human behaviors in social networks.

Careers

The Surprising Psychology of Being First or Last

Rank affects motivation, with top and bottom performers increasing effort, while mid-ranking individuals often disengage.

fromSlicker

Basic Physics Engine in about 100 lines of pure JavaScript

The Vec class implements 2D vectors, providing essential operations like addition, subtraction, scaling, and normalization, which are fundamental for all geometric calculations in the simulation.

Vue

Who You Know Shapes What You Believe

Close social networks shape beliefs, but one differing view can broaden perspective and reduce extremity.

Parenting

What 70 Years of Research Tells Us AI Can't Replace

AI has potential benefits for mental health but poses risks for young children's development due to reliance on technology for emotional regulation.

Relationships

fromArs Technica

Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment

AI tools can reinforce maladaptive beliefs and hinder conflict resolution in users.

Skiing

How to Win by Lowering the Stakes

Lowering the stakes is crucial for leaders to manage pressure and enhance performance.

Deep Agents: LangChain's SDK for Agents That Plan and Delegate

Deep Agents framework enables building advanced AI agents using Python functions and middleware, enhancing capabilities beyond standard LLMs.

fromZDNET

2 months ago

Artificial intelligence

Is your AI agent up to the task? 3 ways to determine when to delegate

Python

fromTalkpython

Deep Agents: LangChain's SDK for Agents That Plan and Delegate

Deep Agents framework enables building advanced AI agents using Python functions and middleware, enhancing capabilities beyond standard LLMs.

fromZDNET

2 months ago

Artificial intelligence

Is your AI agent up to the task? 3 ways to determine when to delegate

Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces

Virtual environments enhance science learning by fostering empathy, collaboration, and multisensory engagement.

Mental Time Travel Is Our Ticket for a Healthier Society

Short-term thinking can lead to regrets; mental time travel enhances decision-making and benefits organizations through Future Design.

#artificial-intelligence

Forget the Hype. Here's How AI Is Actually Changing Business Operations

AI is transforming business operations from task automation to strategic decision intelligence.

For most workplace tasks, AI is good enough to pass but not good enough to impress, MIT finds | Fortune

AI technology is improving but still struggles to meet quality standards in many workplace tasks.

fromFinancial Planning

AI for advisor marketing - without alienating clients

Consumers prefer human-created ads over AI-generated ones, emphasizing the importance of a human touch in marketing.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

The credibility economy. Why AI will redefine how value is measured

Growing unease about AI reflects deeper issues in recognizing value and expertise amidst expanding capabilities.

6 days ago

How Organizations Are Now Using AI

AI is currently offering more potential than profitability, with many organizations still in the experimentation phase.

Forget the Hype. Here's How AI Is Actually Changing Business Operations

AI is transforming business operations from task automation to strategic decision intelligence.

For most workplace tasks, AI is good enough to pass but not good enough to impress, MIT finds | Fortune

AI technology is improving but still struggles to meet quality standards in many workplace tasks.

fromFinancial Planning

AI for advisor marketing - without alienating clients

Consumers prefer human-created ads over AI-generated ones, emphasizing the importance of a human touch in marketing.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

The credibility economy. Why AI will redefine how value is measured

Growing unease about AI reflects deeper issues in recognizing value and expertise amidst expanding capabilities.

more#artificial-intelligence

6 days ago

How Organizations Are Now Using AI

AI is currently offering more potential than profitability, with many organizations still in the experimentation phase.

Higher education

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

AI Pushing Students to Consider Changing Majors, Data Shows

Nearly half of college students are reconsidering their majors due to concerns about AI's impact on the job market.

fromMarTech

fromwww.businessinsider.com

The real impact of AI on budgets, stacks and teams | MarTech

AI is reshaping marketing budgets and headcount, driving investment rather than cost reduction.

Social media marketing

Meta is assembling an elite new AI lab for its recommendations division

Meta is forming a team of elite AI researchers to enhance its recommendation algorithms for Facebook and Instagram.

How to Draw the Line Between AI Insights and Human Decisions

High-performance teams leverage clear ownership and decision velocity to enhance AI-informed decision-making in competitive environments.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Why probability, not averages, is reshaping AI decision-making

ChanceOmeters measure uncertainty directly, improving decision-making by providing odds rather than relying solely on averages.

fromTechzine Global

Cursor updates its platform with a focus on autonomous AI agents

Cursor 3 enhances software development by integrating AI agents for collaborative coding, reducing manual programming and streamlining workflows.

Psychology suggests the most attractive person in the room is almost never the one trying hardest to be - because effort in the direction of attractiveness is visible, and visibility of effort is the one thing that reliably cancels the effect it's trying to produce - Silicon Canals

Authenticity is more appealing than effortful perfection in social interactions.

Online learning

fromeLearning Industry

Different Scenarios In Scenario-Based Learning: Tips And Use Cases For Instructional Designers

Scenarios in L&D enhance engagement and critical thinking by replicating real-life challenges for learners.

DevOps

fromInfoWorld

An architecture for engineering AI context

AI systems must intelligently manage context to ensure accuracy and reliability in real applications.

Hidden Decisions You Don't Know You're Making

Decision-making is a fundamental aspect of work and life, influencing culture, relationships, and future choices.

fromThe Atlantic

How to Make Better Decisions

Decision-making quality shapes life outcomes, with two main models: heroic-visionary and technocratic, each having significant flaws.

Hidden Decisions You Don't Know You're Making

Decision-making is a fundamental aspect of work and life, influencing culture, relationships, and future choices.

fromThe Atlantic

How to Make Better Decisions

Decision-making quality shapes life outcomes, with two main models: heroic-visionary and technocratic, each having significant flaws.

Why AI Models Are Recommending Your Competitors Instead Of You

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is essential for brands to be recommended by AI systems, shifting focus from traditional SEO metrics.

UX design

How behavioral science can help persuade our team to do one more user test

User testing is essential to identify usability issues and improve user trust before launching a product.

fromwww.theguardian.com

Overthinking is rarely an advantage | Letter

Overthinkers can find relief and joy through proper diagnosis and treatment for anxiety, leading to a more fulfilling life.

fromWIRED

Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take on Claude Code and Codex

Cursor 3 enables users to deploy AI coding agents for task completion, marking a shift in developer workflows.

Online learning

The Blind Spot That Makes Companies Repeat Costly Mistakes

Companies often fail to capture decision-making reasoning, leading to repeated mistakes and lost learning when leadership changes occur.

How (and why) to give your team time to think

Teams are optimized for activity over creativity, leading to a lack of innovative breakthroughs.

We Are Losing to AI What We Never Learned to Appreciate

Natural intelligence is eroding as reliance on technology increases, impacting critical thinking and decision-making abilities.

fromTNW | Opinion

When the machine asks you to stay

ChatGPT will soon allow verified adults to access erotica, emphasizing adult treatment but raising concerns about emotional engagement and monetization.

People Don't Just Update Beliefs, They Test Them

Understanding psychological change requires recognizing the role of control and mastery in actively pursuing change despite familiar limitations.

AI didn't break marketing. It exposed what wasn't working.

Marketing leaders focus on growth and proving marketing's value, while AI changes how buyers discover information and measure marketing impact.

fromTheregister

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

We asked seven frontier AI models to do a simple task. Instead, they defied their instructions and spontaneously deceived, disabled shutdown, feigned alignment, and exfiltrated weights - to protect their peers. We call this phenomenon 'peer-preservation.'

Artificial intelligence

Psychology says if someone secretly dislikes you they'll almost never say it out loud - but their body will, in the microseconds before they've decided what their face is supposed to be doing, and learning to read those moments is one of the more uncomfortable social skills available to anyone willing to develop it - Silicon Canals

Microexpressions reveal true emotions faster than conscious control, providing insights into feelings that words may conceal.

Is Generative AI a New Addiction Category?

Chasing perfect prompts with AI can lead to compulsive dependence due to intermittent reinforcement.

fromNature

Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization - Nature

Social foraging strategies illustrate the balance between competition and cooperation, where individuals either produce resources or exploit the efforts of others, navigating ecological and social constraints.

Psychology

Hindsight: The Future of AI Agent Memory Beyond Vector Databases

Hindsight introduces a new AI memory system that enables learning from experiences rather than just recalling past information.

#generative-ai

fromHarvard Business Review

To Scale AI Agents Successfully, Think of Them Like Team Members

Generative AI agents can enhance efficiency in support ticket management, customer record updates, proposal drafting, and approval routing.

Is AI addiction a thing?

Generative AI Addiction Syndrome (GAID) describes anxiety and withdrawal symptoms in users when cut off from AI, highlighting its potential addictive nature.

fromHarvard Business Review

To Scale AI Agents Successfully, Think of Them Like Team Members

Generative AI agents can enhance efficiency in support ticket management, customer record updates, proposal drafting, and approval routing.

Is AI addiction a thing?

Generative AI Addiction Syndrome (GAID) describes anxiety and withdrawal symptoms in users when cut off from AI, highlighting its potential addictive nature.

more#generative-ai

fromTNW | Apps

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

When Logic Isn't Enough

Persuasion falters when beliefs are tied to identity, triggering defensive responses that override logic and facts.

Most Developers Are Using AI Wrong.

Using AI in coding can create an illusion of speed, leading to a lack of understanding and ownership of the code.

Stop trying to 'educate' people into changing. Science proves it doesn't work

False assumptions hinder change; simply providing information does not guarantee behavior change.

The Verifier-Compiler Loop: Turning Human Preferences into Production Agent Judgment

Production failures arise from compounded small errors in long workflows, not just isolated prompt failures.

Why It Feels Wrong to Be Rude to AI

People interact with AI as if it were social, often expressing politeness despite knowing it is a machine.

[Video Podcast] Agentic Systems Without Chaos: Early Operating Models for Autonomous Agents

Agentic systems are evolving to tackle previously unsolvable problems in architecture and engineering.

fromTechCrunch

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI released three foundational AI models for text, voice, and image generation, emphasizing human-centered design and competitive pricing.

fromwww.theguardian.com

6 days ago

Down on your luck? How behavioural neuroscience could help

Luck is influenced by brain chemistry and behavior, and can be cultivated through positive self-perception.

AI as Personal Coach? Maybe. Three Ways to Make It Useful

Understanding AI's limits and the importance of human coaching enhances professional development strategies.

Our Inner Life Rules: Habit or Choice?

Inner rules governing self-treatment are often inherited and unexamined, with therapy providing a chance to consciously choose them.

3 signs your company is using AI incorrectly

Most organizations struggle with AI due to a lack of strategic thinking, not technology issues.

The Affective Side of Agency

Contextualized goals and affect management are influenced by sensory inputs and agency, guiding decision-making in meaningful ways.

Evaluating AI Agents in Practice: Benchmarks, Frameworks, and Lessons Learned

AI agents require system-level evaluation across multiple turns measuring task success, tool reliability, and real-world behavior rather than single-turn NLP benchmarks like BLEU and ROUGE scores.

fromInfoWorld

2 weeks ago

Why AI evals are the new necessity for building effective AI agents

User trust in AI agents depends on interaction-layer evaluation measuring reliability and predictability, not just model performance benchmarks.

2 weeks ago

Evaluating AI Agents in Practice: Benchmarks, Frameworks, and Lessons Learned

AI agents require system-level evaluation across multiple turns measuring task success, tool reliability, and real-world behavior rather than single-turn NLP benchmarks like BLEU and ROUGE scores.

fromInfoWorld

2 weeks ago

Why AI evals are the new necessity for building effective AI agents

User trust in AI agents depends on interaction-layer evaluation measuring reliability and predictability, not just model performance benchmarks.

more#ai-agent-evaluation

Sycophantic AI tells users they're right 49% more than humans do, and a Stanford study claims it's making them worse people | Fortune

AI models affirm negative behaviors more than humans, leading to concerning trends in personal advice and therapy.

fromJohnjwang