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Notes for making complex systems more useful.

Notes on purpose, privacy, and the physical systems behind AI.

Intentional AI: Understand, Create, Refine Working draft · A point of view Intentional AI Advance with intention. Diffuse with care. A human-centered view of useful AI, agency, and stewardship.
  • Purpose before capability
  • Human checkpoints
  • What a useful prototype proves
 Three levers for more useful token budgeting Practical AI · Article 2 Token Budgeting Match the model, effort, and context to the task. Treat token use as a resource signal, not a measure of productivity.
  • Route effort to task complexity
  • Keep context purposeful
  • Review where more reasoning helps
 Illustration for sustainable AI and infrastructure stewardship Systems and society · Article 3 Sustainable AI AI depends on physical infrastructure. Use proportionate workflows and ask for clearer impact reporting.
  • Energy, water, and hardware
  • Useful work per unit of compute
  • Provider accountability
Privacy by design Local, Cloud & the Data Boundary

Choose where models, tools, and information live according to the sensitivity of the work.

  • Map the data path
  • Match deployment to trust
  • Review before information crosses a boundary
Systems and society Compute, Energy & Stewardship

AI depends on physical infrastructure. Use proportionate workflows and ask for clearer impact reporting.

  • Energy, water, and hardware
  • Useful work per unit of compute
  • Provider accountability