But love the question: "Do we want to build tools that elevate us, challenge us, and restore our agency?"
Back in 2017, PwC Canada rolled out Google tools and encouraged staff to build their own widgets. Fascinating to watch who actually did it—and which tools caught on.
The thing is, tools help us think... we outsource so…
But love the question: "Do we want to build tools that elevate us, challenge us, and restore our agency?"
Back in 2017, PwC Canada rolled out Google tools and encouraged staff to build their own widgets. Fascinating to watch who actually did it—and which tools caught on.
The thing is, tools help us think... we outsource some thinking to them. We shape them, they shape us, and so on.
For ages, tools have been built by others who decide how we should work. It's one reason why consultants struggle to adopt specialist tools unless forced by clients or their seniors.
We are getting closer to something better mind. More people can now build their own tools using reliable building blocks. The evolution from IFTTT to Zapier to Low-code to No-code to
'agent-assisted' builders like Lovable and Replit.
We still have challenges with expectations, messy data, classification, grotesquely inefficient model technologies etc. But this feels like the real promise of agents.
Not the hype-fuelled nonsense of Agentic AI replacing humans across all workflows.
But more a backend that responds to a user's input for a task specific tool, with a solution built on patterns of what has been successful before. And thereby also ensures relevant data is caught and preserved.
Its a revolution that might happen quietly, away from all the hype
Completely agree.
But love the question: "Do we want to build tools that elevate us, challenge us, and restore our agency?"
Back in 2017, PwC Canada rolled out Google tools and encouraged staff to build their own widgets. Fascinating to watch who actually did it—and which tools caught on.
The thing is, tools help us think... we outsource some thinking to them. We shape them, they shape us, and so on.
For ages, tools have been built by others who decide how we should work. It's one reason why consultants struggle to adopt specialist tools unless forced by clients or their seniors.
We are getting closer to something better mind. More people can now build their own tools using reliable building blocks. The evolution from IFTTT to Zapier to Low-code to No-code to
'agent-assisted' builders like Lovable and Replit.
We still have challenges with expectations, messy data, classification, grotesquely inefficient model technologies etc. But this feels like the real promise of agents.
Not the hype-fuelled nonsense of Agentic AI replacing humans across all workflows.
But more a backend that responds to a user's input for a task specific tool, with a solution built on patterns of what has been successful before. And thereby also ensures relevant data is caught and preserved.
Its a revolution that might happen quietly, away from all the hype