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

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"The Devil’s Advocate Architecture," by Dr. Jerry A. Smith, introduces a novel framework for designing highly reliable artificial intelligence (AI) by mirroring principles of human psychological and organizational decision-making. The core argument is that modern AI fails due to overconfidence and a lack of doubt, which the proposed multi-agent system counters through structured conflict and debate. This architecture employs three distinct roles—the Worker (proposing a solution), the Devil’s Advocate (critiquing risks), and the Reviewer (synthesizing the final decision)—to overcome cognitive biases like groupthink. Crucially, suppose the Reviewer’s confidence falls below a set threshold. In that case, the system initiates a Genetic Mutation Loop, forcing agents to fundamentally evolve their strategies in response to the identified failure mode, leading to antifragile, battle-hardened solutions. A case study of IT incident resolution demonstrates how this dialectical process and targeted evolution yield comprehensive, contingent plans, making the approach applicable to high-stakes fields such as medical diagnosis and financial planning.

The Devil’s Advocate Architecture-How Multi-Agent AI Systems Mirror Human Decision-Making Psychology

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