I have also pondered an Omnilog + Shoulder angel type of thing multiple times during the last decade or so. Never took the stab to properly implement it, partially because of the infosec concerns (which llms made worse) + didn’t want to invest the time.
I’ve been somewhat surprised by the fact that no polished product for this specific niche exists (it seems like an obvious idea for a startup), but I guess if an employer wanted to run something like Omnilog + Shoulder angel on their employees laptops it would be illegal in many jurisdictions to put that data in the cloud.
Do you have examples of the type of automations that “Shoulder angel” has suggested for you that you wouldn’t have implemented without it?
There’s roughly 3 types of ways I imagine this being useful:
Reminding me of triggers and actions I’ve already thought about and know are helpful
Periodically following complex prompts (things like “recommend products / expert advisors / knowledge that’d help me”).
Coming up with unique ideas in response to my situation.
So far, I’ve gotten very sporadic use out of #2 and #3, but mostly what’s been helpful is #1 (because the triggers/actions I’ve mapped out are selected to be things that are useful on a day-to-day basis, that take into account subtleties of the situation and how my brain seems to work.
Example problem I ran into, and overcame for myself but not sure how to design it to help others with is, “while I’m in the middle of a project, it’s costly and annoying to slow down and consider whether I should do something else.” But, “notice when I’m tunnel-vision-ing” is a central example of a problem I’d like to fix.
It’s mostly annoying when the AI naively tries to suggest fixes for this. But, I’ve built up the skill of figuring out low-effort things to consider, where directing any attention at all to it tends to help, like:
“maybe bouncing around between two many threads?”
-> “briefly look at my list of open-loops, and see if any of them feel higher priority”
(or, → “make a list of open-loops if I don’t already have one”)
“notice I’m waiting for an AI agent”
-> “make a list of other things to do”
“notice I’ve spent 30+ minutes on a side project”
-> “write up some notes about the state of the project and tell myself I’ll followup in the evening.”
I have also pondered an Omnilog + Shoulder angel type of thing multiple times during the last decade or so. Never took the stab to properly implement it, partially because of the infosec concerns (which llms made worse) + didn’t want to invest the time.
I’ve been somewhat surprised by the fact that no polished product for this specific niche exists (it seems like an obvious idea for a startup), but I guess if an employer wanted to run something like Omnilog + Shoulder angel on their employees laptops it would be illegal in many jurisdictions to put that data in the cloud.
Do you have examples of the type of automations that “Shoulder angel” has suggested for you that you wouldn’t have implemented without it?
There’s roughly 3 types of ways I imagine this being useful:
Reminding me of triggers and actions I’ve already thought about and know are helpful
Periodically following complex prompts (things like “recommend products / expert advisors / knowledge that’d help me”).
Coming up with unique ideas in response to my situation.
So far, I’ve gotten very sporadic use out of #2 and #3, but mostly what’s been helpful is #1 (because the triggers/actions I’ve mapped out are selected to be things that are useful on a day-to-day basis, that take into account subtleties of the situation and how my brain seems to work.
Example problem I ran into, and overcame for myself but not sure how to design it to help others with is, “while I’m in the middle of a project, it’s costly and annoying to slow down and consider whether I should do something else.” But, “notice when I’m tunnel-vision-ing” is a central example of a problem I’d like to fix.
It’s mostly annoying when the AI naively tries to suggest fixes for this. But, I’ve built up the skill of figuring out low-effort things to consider, where directing any attention at all to it tends to help, like:
“maybe bouncing around between two many threads?”
-> “briefly look at my list of open-loops, and see if any of them feel higher priority”
(or, → “make a list of open-loops if I don’t already have one”)
“notice I’m waiting for an AI agent”
-> “make a list of other things to do”
“notice I’ve spent 30+ minutes on a side project”
-> “write up some notes about the state of the project and tell myself I’ll followup in the evening.”