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“Sometimes you have the whole data spectrum — all of the data to do with your collaborations and your coffees and your projects and your dreams. And the books y

“Sometimes you have the whole data spectrum — all of the data to do with your collaborations and your coffees and your projects and your dreams. And the books you’re reading and ... all of your life, then that is in your pod. You run AI on that. That could be sweet,” Berners-Lee said.

andsoitis 4y ago
Why would it be sweet?
- CharlesW 4y ago
  Because it could allow us to realize dreams of creating a computer agent, always ambiently helping out on our behalf. The hard part of that, of course, is digitizing one's life.
- labrador 4y ago
  In my case, I'm 65, my memory is failing and it be nice to have a repository of important memories to consult.
  - IronWolve 4y ago
    A personal assistant seems like a logical use, just needs to be offline and some good security so nobody can read your data.
  - t0suj4 4y ago
    Have you heard about the Zettelkasten method? It's pretty much what you're describing.
    - labrador 4y ago
      No, I haven't. There's a few interesting theories floating around but I hadn't heard that one: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ I now know I have to structure my notes for AI, but in the meantime I've got a many links saved for when I start designing it, such as: How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought https://users.speakeasy.net/~lion/nb/book.pdf https://users.speakeasy.net/~lion/nb/book.pdf Gains I'm seeing from my second brain tool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151963 Memory Palace and The Art of Memory https://forum.artofmemory.com/ https://forum.artofmemory.com/
- an_aparallel 4y ago
  i could think of a few cool reasons: sorting out minor technical details on BOM for electronics projects asking for a bunch of iterations of custom furniture for a studio space *getting a bunch of recipe ideas - that spin off recipe books you own. i could go on :)

andsoitis 4y ago

Why would it be sweet?

CharlesW 4y ago
Because it could allow us to realize dreams of creating a computer agent, always ambiently helping out on our behalf. The hard part of that, of course, is digitizing one's life.
labrador 4y ago
In my case, I'm 65, my memory is failing and it be nice to have a repository of important memories to consult.
- IronWolve 4y ago
  A personal assistant seems like a logical use, just needs to be offline and some good security so nobody can read your data.
- t0suj4 4y ago
  Have you heard about the Zettelkasten method? It's pretty much what you're describing.
  - labrador 4y ago
    No, I haven't. There's a few interesting theories floating around but I hadn't heard that one: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ I now know I have to structure my notes for AI, but in the meantime I've got a many links saved for when I start designing it, such as: How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought https://users.speakeasy.net/~lion/nb/book.pdf https://users.speakeasy.net/~lion/nb/book.pdf Gains I'm seeing from my second brain tool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30151963 Memory Palace and The Art of Memory https://forum.artofmemory.com/ https://forum.artofmemory.com/
an_aparallel 4y ago
i could think of a few cool reasons: sorting out minor technical details on BOM for electronics projects asking for a bunch of iterations of custom furniture for a studio space *getting a bunch of recipe ideas - that spin off recipe books you own. i could go on :)