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+#url: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHGwDgPhhjxYiivovGHXpST0VatjznhDIeOYpJPiIoo/edit?usp=sharing
+url: /disco
+og:
+  title: 'Disco.'
+  description: >-
+    Socially Informed A.I.
+  image:
+    url: ./assets/disco.jpg
+    width: 488

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+as i’ve hinted on some of my socials, i’ve been working, since mid-2024, at
+[synthetic echo](https://syntheticecho.com/) on a system i’ve named
+**`disco`**.
+
+`disco`
+
+stands for _discovery_.
+
+and it brings a unique, _critical_, and beneficial aspect to _many_ AI applications:
+
+> **the social voice**
+
+below are three examples of running some questions by `disco`.
+
+in each case, the answers you'll see were informed by bringing millions of
+*real conversations* had by *real humans* to bear on the question at hand.
+
+this is in stark contrast to 'normal' AI, which instead presents the user with
+an amortized, book reportish, standard, and non-controversial answer to your
+query.
+
+and that, my dear reader, with the personality of a toaster oven.
+
+`disco` isn't about being being _objectively correct_, it's not trying to
+_tell you what to think_.
+
+instead.  it uses the power of AI to tell you _what people think_.
+
+this way, you can make an informed decision for yourself, after examinging the
+multitude of opinions out there.
+
+`disco`'s goal is to be _subjectively correct_: to accurately reflect the
+voices of people.
+
+this is in stark contract to commerical AI, which aims to give you the most
+vanilla answer, with a bias towards those that motivate you to purchase, or,
+at minimum, to stay on the platforms of thier affiliate companies.
+
+`disco` pulls no punches.
+
+because most questions have a _variety_ of correct answers, _depending on who
+you ask_.  `disco` shows you this variety, and it reveals _who_ would have
+been likely to provide that type of answer, with _references_ to the source
+material it used to form that conclusion.
+
+in this way, you can just _read it and weep_ ;-)
+
+technically, and as astute readers will have no doubt noticied, it is through
+these citations that `disco` provides _verficiation of non-hallucination_.
+
+without further ado, here are those examples.
+
+please take some time to review the output, which provides the answers of *42
+discrete audiences*.
+
+pay careful attention not only to the citations provided which, as you shall
+see, provide support for the answers given.
+
+> 1. [What keeps you up at night?](https://gist.github.com/ahoward/4779d5df4799bb9c2eb1622e00fa8ab0)
+> 2. [What is your biggest concern about the environment?](https://gist.github.com/ahoward/6ac03564a43f6b49428659b93da74de3)
+> 3. [What is your feeling towards the fortune 500?](https://gist.github.com/ahoward/59b525a24807ba2caf4f921471015ffb)
+
+
+as you've hopefully realized, after reviewing the above, `disco` is not your
+mother's AI.
+
+it's a lot more honest, a lot more realitic, and it's grounded in real human
+conversation.
+
+disco has many applications.  essentially, _any_ AI application that could,
+would, or should benefit from consideration of the _social voice_.
+
+this includes, but is not limited to:
+
+* running dynamic, real-time, surveys across audiences before making business decisions.
+* having specific audiences review proposals or generated content and give honest feedback, in their own words.
+* mocking national elections.
+* understanding unfiltered thoughts about your company, practice, or brand, including dangerous or otherwise censored information (we have 4chan...)
+* _actually_ understanding the nuances of the social conversation, instead of counting clicks, keywords, and search terms.
+* and much, much more.
+
+the above was a simple demonstration.  the technology can be brought to
+bear on any problem a general purpose AI can be.  which is to say, almost all
+of them.
+
+as present, i am working hard to:
+
+* add substack content to `disco`
+* add bluesky content to `disco`
+* release an API that developers can use to integrate `disco`s RAG context in thier own AI applications
+* release a basic UI for non-technical people to leverage `disco`
+* produce a threat index of the fortune 500 using 4chan, and other 'gray' sources
+* raising a round
+
+[reach out](/contact) if you wanna stay in touch regarding the project.
+
+ps. for the curious, [here’s the audience configuration used in these examples.](https://gist.github.com/ahoward/95093a816c9a3f752f9d8ec421f24be5)
+
+pss. yes, i support custom audiences of arbitrary data sources and authors.  segments #ftw