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Notes for making complex systems more useful.

Notes on purpose, privacy, and the physical systems behind AI.

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Intentional AI: Understand, Create, Refine Guiding framework Intentional AI Advance with intention. Diffuse with care. A human-centered view of useful AI, agency, and stewardship.
  • Purpose before capability
  • Human checkpoints
  • What a useful prototype proves
 Glass sculptures representing effort, model, and system in token budgeting Practical AI Token Budgeting Match the model, effort, and context to the task. Treat token use as a resource signal, not a measure of productivity.
  • Route effort to task complexity
  • Keep context purposeful
  • Review where more reasoning helps
 Illustration for sustainable AI and infrastructure stewardship Systems and society Sustainable AI AI depends on physical infrastructure. Use proportionate workflows and ask for clearer impact reporting.
  • Energy, water, and hardware
  • Useful work per unit of compute
  • Provider accountability
Privacy by design Local, Cloud & the Data Boundary

Choose where models, tools, and information live according to the sensitivity of the work.

  • Map the data path
  • Match deployment to trust
  • Review before information crosses a boundary
Systems and society Compute, Energy & Stewardship

AI depends on physical infrastructure. Use proportionate workflows and ask for clearer impact reporting.

  • Energy, water, and hardware
  • Useful work per unit of compute
  • Provider accountability