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I'm rethinking the computer. The hardware, the software, the UI paradigms, everything. Xerox PARC 2.0. - We must stop writing UI by hand - We must adopt a new

I'm rethinking the computer. The hardware, the software, the UI paradigms, everything. Xerox PARC 2.0. - We must stop writing UI by hand - We must adopt a new language that's less ambiguous - We must prefer graphs to trees - We must not build service-specific apps and websites - We must stop thinking of computer hardware as a personal device, and make switching from a device to another completely seamless - Local storage must be nothing but a local cache of sections of the ONE universal knowledge base - Speech and text must not be the primary way to interact with a machine/AI - Service providers must never have a say when it comes to UI/UX, as services must be completely decoupled from UI - Everything is an agent, the system shouldn't make a distinction between human users, AI, smart contracts, APIs, etc. - There must be no difference between creating software and using software - Money shall be replaced by a social currency, a form of trust score (based on reliability, honesty and predictability) - Businesses must adapt their practices and models to software, not the opposite - Brands must be eliminated and replaced with a trust score - We must allow for non-precise facts to exist (ranges, set of weighted values, conditional constraints) - We must allow for non-universal facts (opinions, contradicting values, different weight/credibility based on the user's trust graph) - "Undo" and "Predict next" functionalities must be ubiquitous and present everywhere - Intentions and Predictions are communicated by logging events in the future (where the date doesn't need to be precise as allowed above) - A cooking recipe, GPS directions, task dependencies, a playlist, IKEA directions, a tutorial, must all use the same model - ...

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pedalpete 11y ago
Big and bold challenges. Does the "no difference between creating and using software" not cover much/most of your considerations? I'm curious where you've taken to the idea of things like graphs over trees, should a new system be so opinionated? or is there a way to develop something flexible enough that when the next thing after graphs comes along, your system will be able to adapt.
- miguelrochefort 11y ago
  I have lost all motivation for lesser challenges. I can't be excited about a very specific project with a doman-specific purpose. One could probably summarize my mission as to bridge the gap between consuming and creating software. Sometimes, I tell people that I'm creating a new language (which I am). A tree is just a unidirectional graph. Most file systems use the tree structure which is crippling. I'd like to know what's better and more flexible than a graph.
  - doublerebel 11y ago
    I think we can build the trust system using a hypergraph. There's also a couple special kinds of nodes that will shorten the walk between seemingly disconnected items. I've been thinking about this for a while too.
    - miguelrochefort 11y ago
      > A simple graph can be considered a special case of the hypergraph, namely the 2-uniform hypergraph. Hypergraph it is.
joelg 11y ago
We have surprisingly identical ambitions. BVic's "Future of Programming" is particularly relevent to several of your points and really puts how terrible our current system is in context.... https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954 I feel like this sentiment (of "everything is wrong") is gaining traction recently (last year/two). Maybe it's just wishful thinking though...
- miguelrochefort 11y ago
  Although some people seem to share our understanding that things must change, it usually stops there. I haven't seen anyone present a radically new paradigm for computing (especially consumer UI) in the last decade. I intend to change that.
  - sethjgore 11y ago
    I intend to do that too. Why don't we all get on a chat room and work at it?
    - miguelrochefort 11y ago
      Let's do this. Feel free to join: https://bettercomputer.slack.com https://bettercomputer.slack.com
      - sethjgore 11y ago
        yes. invite me if you've already set up one?
      - joelg 11y ago
        Please add me as well joelg [at] mit [edu]
      - nikriek 11y ago
        Me and a fellow student are working on such a system: https://github.com/Symatem/Symatem https://github.com/Symatem/Symatem. We are interested in joining the Slack group: Alexander.Meissner at student.hpi.de and Niklas.Riekenbrauck at student.hpi.de

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pedalpete 11y ago

Big and bold challenges. Does the "no difference between creating and using software" not cover much/most of your considerations? I'm curious where you've taken to the idea of things like graphs over trees, should a new system be so opinionated? or is there a way to develop something flexible enough that when the next thing after graphs comes along, your system will be able to adapt.

miguelrochefort 11y ago
I have lost all motivation for lesser challenges. I can't be excited about a very specific project with a doman-specific purpose. One could probably summarize my mission as to bridge the gap between consuming and creating software. Sometimes, I tell people that I'm creating a new language (which I am). A tree is just a unidirectional graph. Most file systems use the tree structure which is crippling. I'd like to know what's better and more flexible than a graph.
- doublerebel 11y ago
  I think we can build the trust system using a hypergraph. There's also a couple special kinds of nodes that will shorten the walk between seemingly disconnected items. I've been thinking about this for a while too.
  - miguelrochefort 11y ago
    > A simple graph can be considered a special case of the hypergraph, namely the 2-uniform hypergraph. Hypergraph it is.

joelg 11y ago

We have surprisingly identical ambitions. BVic's "Future of Programming" is particularly relevent to several of your points and really puts how terrible our current system is in context.... https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954 I feel like this sentiment (of "everything is wrong") is gaining traction recently (last year/two). Maybe it's just wishful thinking though...

miguelrochefort 11y ago
Although some people seem to share our understanding that things must change, it usually stops there. I haven't seen anyone present a radically new paradigm for computing (especially consumer UI) in the last decade. I intend to change that.
- sethjgore 11y ago
  I intend to do that too. Why don't we all get on a chat room and work at it?
  - miguelrochefort 11y ago
    Let's do this. Feel free to join: https://bettercomputer.slack.com https://bettercomputer.slack.com
    - sethjgore 11y ago
      yes. invite me if you've already set up one?
    - joelg 11y ago
      Please add me as well joelg [at] mit [edu]
    - nikriek 11y ago
      Me and a fellow student are working on such a system: https://github.com/Symatem/Symatem https://github.com/Symatem/Symatem. We are interested in joining the Slack group: Alexander.Meissner at student.hpi.de and Niklas.Riekenbrauck at student.hpi.de