Josh Brake

I write about education, AI, and building a Prototyping Mindset at | Husband, Dad, Prof @harveymudd, Venture Partner @praxis_hq

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

I dunno guys, @orca_build is pretty great. Was missing Conductor a lot earlier this week but think I've found my new home...

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

TBH, feeling pretty burned and bummed by the @conductor_build shutdown news this week. Feels like the lesson moving forward is to look for something open source and self-hosted. Playing with @orca_build alongside some others this week and feeling like a good fit.

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

What would we do without @Cloudflare. Huge fan. https://t.co/TQ7lxF849d

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The future of #ArtificialIntelligence is not pre-determined. As a technology developed by human beings, its future depends on the choices we make. We therefore have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications. A reliable system that serves the human person is of greater value than one that is exceptionally powerful but whose consequences cannot be adequately foreseen or controlled.

[Dilum Sanjaya @DilumSanjaya]

Hardware looks scary until you break it down into small steps. So I built an app that takes you through Arduino one circuit at a time.

Made with Opus 5.5
https://t.co/1AL82geKtQ

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@jeffreyhuber Thumbnail goals

[Sherry Turkle @STurkle]

I have been a fan of @ezraklein's for so many years — a master of conversation. In this conversation, we got to the heart of our current dilemma: Chatbots offer the feeling of companionship without the demand for reciprocity, the illusion of empathy while deskilling our ability to deal with one another. I loved how Ezra pushed back on where companionate AI might actually offer relief — it sparked a sharp, necessary debate about the future of human community. https://t.co/EEfdpDRO5s

[daniel bashir @spaniel_bashir]

I’m in @asteriskmgzn this week, on virtue ethics and alignment, and what it would mean to make an AI model virtuous

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@XianMind They are the best!

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@1a1a11a This is awesome and I love that you are posting everything publicly. Thanks! I’m teaching a new class this semester too at Mudd that has some similar themes, although broader than just agentic systems. https://t.co/8nKyRlzO9F

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@bonniekristian @jeff_bilbro Also, @STurkle had a great piece in the Atlantic about this recently. https://t.co/HhuZXrJkm8

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@bonniekristian @jeff_bilbro I’ve often had the same thought and think this is actually quite feasible to do from a technical perspective. Honestly a custom system prompt would probably get you at least 95% of the way there.

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

Meta's Muse is the latest in a series of consumer products designed to make agentic AI tools more consumer friendly. It's also the first where I've noticed an emphasis that we can or should "make" these tools do things for us.

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@Marc__Watkins Looks cool, man. Itching to find some margin to play with Jev!

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

This is a great book, by the woman who has done more than anyone to illuminate how technology changes human relationships

[Sherry Turkle @STurkle]

Here I argue that the original sin of generative AI and its chatbots is using the first person, and that this is most harmful to young developing minds. It’s key to my argument in Artificial Intimacy. https://t.co/OQhtnw488B

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@jeff_bilbro Beautiful.

[Jeff Huber @jeffreyhuber]

I’ve been looking forward to today for 3 years

Today we’re announcing Foundation - Chroma’s solution to memory

Our research preview of this technology builds self-improving memory from your agent sessions. Try it out at https://t.co/DpynS0vnSd

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

@jeffreyhuber Can't wait to try this out. Love it, Jeff.

[Josh Brake @JoshuaBrake]

Nice touch from the @conductor_build crew. A sign of good taste to use the time while the agents are cranking to write some handwritten cards.