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: https://medium.com/@jsmith0475/your-ai-might-be-thinking-in-17-dimensions-youre-only-using-2-1a2a56131a1b
"Your AI Might Be Thinking in 17 Dimensions. You’re Only Using 2." presents a conceptual framework and research agenda by Dr. Jerry A. Smith, proposing that the popular chain-of-thought prompting method, which forces AI to "think step-by-step," severely limits the system's native capabilities. The author argues that AI models operate in high-dimensional embedding spaces, handling numerous constraints simultaneously, and forcing linear reasoning is akin to flattening a complex sculpture onto a single line of text. The proposed solution is Higher-Dimensional Collaboration, where users specify constraints and objectives across multiple dimensions, allowing the AI to explore the full solution landscape rather than following a human-mimicking sequential path. While acknowledging that step-by-step reasoning is necessary for interpretability and regulation, the article advocates for prioritizing the computational efficiency of exploration for complex, multi-objective problems. Ultimately, the text calls for researchers and practitioners to rethink how they collaborate with AI to leverage its parallel, multi-dimensional processing strengths.


Your AI Might Be Thinking in 17 Dimensions. You’re Only Using 2.

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Your AI Might Be Thinking in 17 Dimensions. You’re Only Using 2.

Dr. Jerry A. Smith

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