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Kevin Swiber
@swiber.dev

“Agents” is a boring name. We had the right idea with “daemons”. Why don’t we go with “djinns” or “daevas”?

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Kevin Swiber
@swiber.dev

I hear that. Unfortunately, if I'm going for "ancient and supernatural", the US can't offer anything. Even the Disney version of these are stolen from other cultures. But no one should boo-hoo for what could be considered "colonizers' dilemma".

Kevin Swiber
@swiber.dev

Those are good examples! Many have earlier origins than modern US pop culture, but that's part of the allure. What scared us thousands of years ago still scares us today. It's a shared thread across time. In some ways, AI agents are the new boogeyman. Frightening or just misunderstood? Maybe both?

Kevin Swiber
@swiber.dev

The future of AI agents is probably less like Terminator and more like Gremlins. Granting agency requires ceding control. I think we actually want “yolo mode”. We just need to figure out the rules. Don’t feed your agents after midnight!