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Agentic AI

AI systems that can operate autonomously, making independent decisions and taking proactive actions to achieve goals without constant human direction—acting as intelligent agents with planning, tool-use, and reasoning capabilities.

Phase Transitions in AI: Context Windows and the Emergence of Something Like Awareness — A crystalline lattice structure at the exact moment of phase transition

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Phase Transitions in AI: Context Windows and the Emergence of Something Like Awareness

Context window capacity is the order parameter. Below a critical threshold, you get pattern completion. Above it, something else emerges: coherent reasoning, consistent perspective, the ability to reference and refine. Not consciousness. But not nothing either.

By John F. Holliday • 6 min read

Building Semantic AI Agents with Custom DSLs — Complex AI Agent Constrained by Precise Language

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Building Semantic AI Agents with Custom DSLs

The Problem: Lost in Translation Every interaction with an AI agent involves translation—from human intent to machine action. Today, most AI systems attempt this translation in one giant leap, interpreting natural language directly into system operations. It's like playing telephone tag with your entire business logic. Consider

By John F. Holliday • 4 min read

Agentic AI and the Survival of the Human Race — Landru from Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 22 - The Return of the Archons

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Agentic AI and the Survival of the Human Race

In the classic Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons," the crew of the Enterprise encounters a society controlled by Landru—an ancient leader who created an all-powerful computer system to govern his civilization. When faced with any disruption, citizens would desperately cry "Landru! Save us!

By John F. Holliday • 2 min read