I want to see if Fable can grow food. I'm giving it a water pump, a lamp, and a camera.
I'm not telling it the flow rate, the wattage, or what seeds I planted*.
I've tried to design a situation that can't be solved by straightforward automation or solved by trained knowledge,
OpenAI just released "Computer History" - their version of Familiar.
Maxim and my reaction: fiiiiiiiiinally!
If you're excited about "Computer History" and prefer your screen history handled offline, local, open-source, free (and model-agnostic) you'll love Familiar.
Imagine building an AI agent where you can’t pick the model, the prompt, or the context.
Oh - you can’t control what skills or tools are installed. You can’t even choose the harness - it might run anywhere. And bonus: no observability.
But don’t worry, you’re still responsible
the day a new model gets released it feels like a new intern arrives to the office, the coworkers come by, say hello, and then spend hours arguing whether the new intern is smarter than last week’s intern. while both interns stand there waiting for a task.