AI: Bespoke vs Mass — A Quieter Conversation

Most AI is built for everyone. That is its strength, and also its limitation.

A tool built for everyone cannot be built for anyone in particular. It answers the question you ask in the form most likely to satisfy the broadest user. It has no memory of who you are. No understanding of what you are actually wrestling with. No loyalty, because loyalty requires knowing the person it is given to.

There is another kind of AI emerging quietly, for a different purpose. Built not for everyone, but for one. Trained not on the world, but on a specific person's questions, context, and concerns. Held over time rather than queried in moments.

Most of the AI conversation right now is about the first kind. The one that scales, that reaches millions, that costs almost nothing to use. That conversation is necessary and not in dispute.

The second kind is a quieter conversation. It is the one this account will be returning to, in the posts that follow.

AI: Bespoke vs Mass - The Question of Loyalty

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