Medium Article: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/building-human-facing-agentic-systems-the-psychology-and-sociology-of-super-intelligence-1571cf565d51

Dr. Jerry Smith's January 2025 Medium article explores the psychological, sociological, and ethical implications of "human-facing agentic systems," AI powered by large language models (LLMs). These systems, leveraging multi-headed attention mechanisms, aim to collaborate with humans, not merely serve as tools. The article emphasizes the potential for both empowerment and manipulation inherent in these systems, highlighting the crucial role of self-interest, emotion, and identity in human-AI interaction. Smith concludes with a call for responsible development guided by transparency, inclusivity, and justice, warning against the potential for these systems to become instruments of control.

Building Human-Facing Agentic Systems: The Psychology and Sociology of Super Intelligence

Medium Article: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/unlocking-unprecedented-power-why-grep-is-your-llms-secret-weapon-eb6664cd734b
The provided text advocates for combining the Unix command-line utility grep with Large Language Models (LLMs) to significantly enhance text analysis workflows. It highlights that while LLMs offer robust semantic understanding and generative capabilities, they can be costly, slow, and prone to "hallucinations." Conversely, grep is presented as a deterministic, memory-lean, and high-speed tool for pattern matching and data filtering. The author argues that using grep to pre-filter and validate data before and after LLM processing leads to substantial improvements in cost-effectiveness, speed, and accuracy, effectively turning a fifty-year-old tool into a crucial "secret weapon" for modern AI applications. Practical examples and common pitfalls illustrate how this "grep-first" pipeline streamlines operations and improves output quality.

Grep and LLMs: A Powerful Text Analysis Alliance

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Grep and LLMs: A Powerful Text Analysis Alliance

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