[dumpsterdiver]

One weird skill I have is the ability to describe simple concepts as complex and confusing systems. I’ll take a go at that now.

When working with LLMs, one of my primary concerns is keeping tabs on their operating assumptions. I often catch them red-handed running with assumptions like they were scissors, and I’m forced to berate them.

So my ideal “async agents” are agents that keep me informed not of the outcome of a task, but of the assumptions they hold as they work.

I’ve always been a little slow recognizing things that others find obvious, such as “good enough” actually being good enough. I obtusely disagree. My finish line isn’t “good enough”, it’s “correct”, and yes, I will die on that hill still working on the same product I started as a younger man.

Jokes aside, I really would like to see:

1. Periodic notifications informing me of important working assumptions. 2. The ability to interject and course correct - likely requiring a bit of backtracking. 3. In addition to periodic working assumption notifications, I’d also like periodic “mission statements” - worded in the context of the current task - as assurance that the agent still has its eye on the ball.