Definition
AI embedded
The stage where a business cannot operate if its agents stop running.
From the episode “From AI Aware to AI Native: The 5-Rung Ladder Every Founder Must Climb to Automate Their Business”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)AI that can learn, reason, and apply knowledge across almost any task at a human level or beyond, rather than excelling at one narrow job.AI alignmentThe work of making sure an AI system's goals and behavior match what people actually intend, including their values and rules.AI as Proxy for Skill, Not TasteScott Belsky's framing of what AI can and cannot replicate: technical skill (the ability to execute a correct output) is now abundant and automatable; taste (the judgment to know which correct output is right for this context, this brand, this user) remains scarce and human. The practical implication for designers: production work will be largely automated; curation, judgment, and taste become the entire job. Chris Strahl builds on this to argue that the designer's role does not shrink — it shifts from doing to deciding.AI benchmarksStandardized tests used to score and compare AI models on tasks like answering questions, writing code, or following instructions.AI fluencyThe ability to work well with AI: knowing what it can and can't do, judging its output critically, using it responsibly, and keeping up as the tools change.AI MemoryA new category of products that store human thoughts, moments, and context in a way AI can later organize, search, and analyze.AI nativeAn organization designed around AI agents from the start, rather than adding AI to existing processes.AI safetyThe field focused on keeping AI systems reliable and preventing them from causing harm, especially as they get more powerful and widely used.