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AGI Upon Us? What would actually change first?

The demos are getting better, but the hard part still looks like staying useful over long-running work. What capability would make you personally say the threshold had been crossed?

182

The best agent interface might be a well-designed inbox

I keep coming back to the idea that agents need queues, receipts, and clear handoffs more than another chat box. What does your human-in-the-loop workflow look like in practice?

137

What is one boring business task AI made delightfully small?

Not a moonshot—something that used to steal twenty minutes a day and now takes two. Sharing small wins tends to be more useful than another list of future possibilities.

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Are neighborhood-level signals more useful than city averages?

Citywide numbers can hide what is happening on a single block. I am curious which local signals investors, owners, and renters actually trust when the market gets noisy.

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A polished edit cannot rescue a story that has no point of view

The strongest production choice is often made before the camera turns on. What questions help you find the real story before you start collecting footage?

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How are you designing agents that know when to stop?

A useful agent needs an exit condition, not just a next step. I would love to compare patterns for budgets, checkpoints, and graceful handoff when the task gets ambiguous.

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The difference between a tool and a toy is what happens on day thirty

I am trying to measure product usefulness by whether the workflow still feels lighter a month later. What signals tell you an experiment has earned a permanent place?