For the last few days I have been building a project I am not going to describe. That is the point of this post, actually. The what is mine. The how is the part worth sharing, because somewhere in the middle of a long week I stopped writing code and started supervising a team that writes it for me — and the whole team runs on machines sitting in my house. ...
The Problem with One Big Brain Most people’s first instinct with AI is to build a single, all-knowing assistant. Feed it everything. Give it every tool. Make it smart enough to handle any task. The problem: context is finite. Memory degrades. A single agent trying to be a lawyer, a sysadmin, a teacher, a trader, and a parent scheduler simultaneously ends up being mediocre at all of them. It’s like hiring one person and expecting them to be your CFO, your attorney, your IT department, and your kids’ tutor. ...
Personal AI Infrastructure has evolved from a simple assistant into a full-fledged cognitive operating system. With version 2.4.0—codenamed “The Algorithm”—PAI introduces a systematic 7-phase problem-solving framework, 28 specialized skills, and a roster of 12 named agents with distinct personalities and expertise areas. This post provides a complete tour of what’s possible. The PAI Algorithm: 7 Phases of Problem-Solving Every task PAI handles follows a consistent methodology: ...