bwagy, the blog of Ben Young

I think we’ve just entered the Age of Machines.

Remember playing Civilization? And your civilization enters a new age and everything gradually upgrades to that new age. Like the Bronze Age, the Modern age etc.

What tips us, is ClawdBot, or now MoltBot. But the first consumer (ish) personal agent, that is very capable.

Each of us, is going to have our own AI agents, that we take with us to our jobs, in our relationships, in our learning. And our own companies are going to have their own machines too.

Except for, the agents don’t sleep, they run 24/7, they don’t need lights (they do need electricity) but they don’t need restrooms. And they also don’t need to move at human speed. In fact, in a few circumstances agents have formed their own language to communicate faster (!). Turns out English slows them down.

And like every other age before it, I think we’ll see this age, as a gradual change across society. I agree the pace of change of AI is high but I think that the pace at which it is adopted by society, will be similar to other ages.

You know those beautiful macro shots on nature programs, where they’re showing you a frog up close, or as a bee gets the nectar from a flower.

That richness of detail is wonderful.

And when producing your own work, finding those areas to add that detail, adds the same sort of joy, for those who consume your work.