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Intentional tech is not about figuring out some global alignment for everyone's aspirations. That would be as impossible as coming up with a single ranking function f...
...nes. This is going to happen again and again unless we build products that have intentional tech principles embedded.
... from dominating the whole system." Their four principles in their paper map to intentional tech: 1) contextual grounding (know your situation), 2) community customization (different groups need different things) 3) continual adaptation (coactive...
...stead of racing to build the one AI to rule them all[hc], we should be building intentional technology—systems genuinely aligned with human agency and aspirations rather than corporate KPIs.
For intentional tech, you can get far with a short essay that distills your values. Even a first draft of an LLM distilled off of your broader context can be useful. Diff...
Intentional tech isn't about imposing what anyone should want. It's about helping each person live aligned with their own intentions. Their agency and aspirations.
Intentional tech is tech that is aligned with my agency and my aspirations.
What's the solarpunk aesthetic for Intentional Tech? Warm, cozy, human, prosocial, meaningful, optimistic. Scrapbooking with your family at a sundrenched table.
...around people. That implies it's not about companies' interest. Similar vibe as Intentional Tech: aligned with your intentions. Contrasts with Big Tech. Echoes of Personal Computers from the 90's and the revolution those were.
...rvices and models.[ma][mb] This is a necessary but not sufficient condition for intentional tech in an era of Ai.
...pe, something to strive for, together.[mo] An optimistic vision for the future: intentional tech. Tech aligned with our intentions, that helps us flourish individually and together.
I want Intentional Tech. Technology that is perfectly aligned with my intentions. Not optimizing for anyone else, (especially a corporation), but for me. Not necessarily wha...