Requests, Promises, Assertions, and Declarations: Rewriting Our AI Agent Workflow as a 1986 'Committed Speech' Machine

Description and use

<h2> <em>How Fernando Flores's 1986 Conversation for Action, Nuel Belnap's 1977 four-valued logic, and a 1976 HP 2000 BASIC resequencer replaced 130 lines of defensive prompt lawyering—and solved the exact state-machine bug that crashed both the Star Trek M-5 computer and my Piper Arrow.</em> </h2> <blockquote> <p><em>"What did you do for AI? I brought the scars. What did you do for humanity? I asked my curiosity-based questions, and the world changed around me."</em><br><br> — <strong>Randal L. Schwartz</strong></p> </blockquote> <h2> 1. Portland, Thanksgiving 1986: How "Committed Speech" Mov

Problem

<h2> <em>How Fernando Flores's 1986 Conversation for Action, Nuel Belnap's 1977 four-valued logic, and a 1976 HP 2000 BASIC resequencer replaced 130 lines of defensive prompt lawyering—and solved the exact state-machine bug that crashed both the Star Trek M-5 computer and my Piper Arrow.</em> </h2> <blockquote> <p><em>"What did you do for AI? I brought the scars. What did you do for humanity? I asked my curiosity-based questions, and the world changed around me."</em><br><br> — <strong>Randal L. Schwartz</strong></p> </blockquote> <h2> 1. Portland, Thanksgiving 1986: How "Committed Speech" Mov

Outcome

<h2> <em>How Fernando Flores's 1986 Conversation for Action, Nuel Belnap's 1977 four-valued logic, and a 1976 HP 2000 BASIC resequencer replaced 130 lines of defensive prompt lawyering—and solved the exact state-machine bug that crashed both the Star Trek M-5 computer and my Piper Arrow.</em> </h2> <blockquote> <p><em>"What did you do for AI? I brought the scars. What did you do for humanity? I asked my curiosity-based questions, and the world changed around me."</em><br><br> — <strong>Randal L. Schwartz</strong></p> </blockquote> <h2> 1. Portland, Thanksgiving 1986: How "Committed Speech" Mov

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Requests, Promises, Assertions, and Declarations: Rewriting Our AI Agent Workflow as a 1986 'Committed Speech' Machine

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