Rethinking AI Harnesses

📝 Theo put out a video saying you should turn off Claude Code's memory, and it triggered me enough to record a response. My argument: the real problem with all AI is the gap between what's in your head and what the AI knows you want. I walk through how LifeOS closes that gap with the Ideal State Artifact, one document that works as both the build spec and the testing harness, and show the skill system and blogging pipeline that run on it.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthropic is going after the enterprise operations layer; OpenAI wants to be everyone's personal agent. Both are multi-trillion-dollar markets, and they barely overlap.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A debate with Zack Korman on the morality of Dario Amodei specifically, and Anthropic in general. Zack's version of the video: https://youtu.be/mQ9-YoE9ykEBecome a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why we should think of the AI harness not as a coding tool, but as an Intent Engineering system that manages your entire life — a LifeOS. https://github.com/danielmiessler/LifeOSBecome a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My argument for why we need some AI model controls.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A logical argument and demonstration of how AI has one type of understanding while lacking another. https://aiunderstands.ai Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most Companies Aren't Anywhere Near Ready for AI. It's not that companies aren't using AI—it's that they can't.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's tons of confusion about what we're all building towards with Personal AI. Are we building Agents? AI Harnesses? To what end? In this video I lay why I think we're all heading towards a single place that we should start getting ready for now. I think getting this early will put you 1-3 years ahead of everyone.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A longer form discussion on exactly how and why AI will replace knowledge workers.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I think the future is cheaper and Open Source SOTA models combined with context, not custom, narrow models.Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.