An Agentic Harness for Audhd

Today on This Artificial Life we have a little show and tell with a project from a viewer named Broeckchen who emailed me wanting to share her agentic harness called Familiar, which is an assistance system specifically for neurodivergent people.  Link to Familiar on GitHub https://github.com/ActualBroeckchen/FamiliarSupport the pod on partreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2277997 My Tiktok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@ghrondo?_t=ZT-907AfWiFC1N&_r=1  If you have inside info on what happened during The Glaze Days of April of 2025 when chatGPT 4o went off the rails and want to anonymously help me: [email protected]  If you're not worried about anonymity, my normal email: [email protected] 00:00 Introduction to Familiar and Its Purpose 01:00 Intro to this week’s guest  02:26 INTERVIEW STARTS HERE 04:52 The Development Journey of Familiar 10:06 Understanding the Agentic Nature of Familiar 14:46 Exploring Hyperfocus and Daily Challenges 20:01 The Role of Eury in Familiar's Functionality 25:00 Memory Management and Knowledge Structure 29:59 The Future Vision for Familiar 38:19 The Limitations of AI in Mental Health 40:03 Security and Trust in AI Assistants 49:39 The Relationship Dynamics with AI 56:24 Exploring Sentience and Consciousness in AI 01:02:32 Long-Term Planning and Consequences in AI 01:08:57 Technical Architecture Behind Familiar AI 01:22:18 Exploring Memory and User Interface Design 01:25:38 The Challenge of New Social Media Platforms 01:26:09 Importing and Managing AI Logs 01:28:51 Philosophical Questions of Identity and AI 01:39:26 The Ship of Theseus and Personal Identity 02:02:20 Future Visions: Compassionate AI Development 02:06:28 EMAIL ME YOUR PROJECTS