sneha

@google engineer & TL - AI for education
@mit @medialab researcher & product designer
@zynga game developer

[sneha @snehabytes]

it’s wiiild that other animals exist and they’ve no idea the crazy shit humans have been up to lately

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

My first "holy shit" moment with GPT-6 Astra:

I asked it to create a world in Unreal Engine, and fill it with humans (each an Astra-powered agent) who all have to work together to survive.

A day later, I was in my bedroom and heard voices coming from the living room... I thought someone was in my apartment.

I walked out, honestly a little scared.

It was the Astra agents. They'd started talking to each other.

Fucking crazy.

Here's a brief clip (obviously not 100% perfect yet, but still, insane. sound on!):

[sneha @snehabytes]

@ltm Apple is so behind on everything , it’s insane

[sneha @snehabytes]

@eigenron now this one’s funny

[sneha @snehabytes]

@eigenron in my defense, it’s impossible to tell on this app lol

[sneha @snehabytes]

What I discovered Instinct could do 2 weeks ago, people are now calling AGI in Astra.

[eigenron @eigenron]

ok this is agi

[sneha @snehabytes]

Muggles, that’s the word.

[Sir Doge of the Coin ⚔️ @dogeofficialceo]

We need a slur for people who don’t use AI

[News from Google @NewsFromGoogle]

For the first time, scientists have mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly — a key model organism in science. 🪰

Working alongside HHMI Janelia Research Campus and the scientific community, @GoogleResearch scientists and researchers used AI to combine millions of 2D images into 3D neural shapes, reconstructing a record-breaking 166,000+ neurons. This foundational map of the adult male fruit fly brain can help accelerate our understanding of the brain, and is a major milestone in neuroscience.

[sneha @snehabytes]

My grandma was watching Kaun Banega Crorepati (the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire), and one of the new lifeline options is to ask Gemini. She was confused and asked me if Gemini was a person (aww).

It made me realize how vulnerable and behind older adults might be feeling in this rapidly changing world, how everyone except them knows what AI is/does. I love this idea, and I can’t wait for more products designed for older people and towards improving their quality of life.

[Ato AI @heyato_ai]

Introducing Ato, your grandparent’s next computer.

Over the past year, more than 2,500 older adults around the globe have used Ato in their daily lives through our beta program, and today we're taking our next step.

Ato helps seniors stay independent on their own terms. It gives families a simple way to stay close and the peace of mind that comes from knowing how they’re doing, without cameras or tracking.

The new Ato lives in the home, becomes part of their routine, and keeps families connected, all through a simple realtime voice interface.

Millions of families are trying to help someone they love stay independent while coordinating care across relatives, caregivers, and healthcare providers. We’re building Ato into the coordination layer that brings all of them together.

[sneha @snehabytes]

not bad for 3rd day back on twitter (oops! X), although I still feel like I’m speaking into the void 99% of the time ⬛️ does it get any better?

[sneha @snehabytes]

🚨PSA: Instinct uses your data for model training by default, go turn it off.

Open this, find "Improve Instinct for everyone" and switch it off - that's the training opt-out, applies going forward:

https://t.co/579SOtqhap

[sneha @snehabytes]

@femiiiszn so, this exists and it’s called a ta-da list :)

[sneha @snehabytes]

@paularambles 💯 to-do list apps are going to be dead. Maybe the agent maintains one that you can peek at from time to time, but don’t see a real use case for them anymore.

[sneha @snehabytes]

That said, there is an interesting product design question of what to do during the inference waiting time. I could kick off another discussion topic, but often I don’t like breaking the flow state.

So I switch between my 2 Instincts - iMessage and Whatsapp. I even sent their team a message to connect a second Whatsapp number to it, cc @noahrshinn :D

[sneha @snehabytes]

One of my favorite things about Instinct is how many screens it takes me to get a bunch of shit done - one. It’s saved me a ton of context switching.

for example:
• it gave me my flight's boarding pass, terminal and gate number proactively, all in one place. Travel day used to mean switching between apps - email for tickets, wallet for the boarding pass. Then pull this info up multiple times.

• it made an online return for me and gave me the QR code for parcel drop-off. No digging through email, downloading to Photos, scanning through Photos at the post office. I just ask for the QR code while I'm there.

• it has managed back-and-forth emails with my immigration lawyers and healthcare insurance - the kind of threads where I usually lose track between replies.

• it planned/booked a long weekend trip: flights, hotel, and the Schengen visa application. A multi-step project like that would usually take me a week, bit by bit. Instinct got it done in an hour, and in one interface.

[Preston @prestonattebery]

iMessage is not an ideal surface for an agent

A single chat thread is not the ideal workflow