#SharedUnderstanding
So excited to be presented with a limited edition artwork from Blast Theory’s #ConstantWashingMachine. Soap embossed with my suggested phrase #sharedunderstanding as a necessary quality for responsible AI. Curated by @hannahredlerhawes.bsky.social for @odihq.bsky.social’s data as culture programme
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 “I know what that word means… but what do you mean by it?”
We ask clarifying questions constantly—and not because we don’t understand, but because we want to.

🎧 New episode: Context Matters – The Power of Clarifying Questions

#ClarifyingQuestions
#SharedUnderstanding
#WordsMatter
#Podcast
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"Small teams have coherence for free; the multiplier is uniformly positive there, which is why the loudest agent boosters tend to be small teams, and why they are mostly right about their own context."

buff.ly/NLntppg #ai #knowledgework #sharedunderstanding #ensembleworking
The bottleneck was never the code
The other month I finally ran an experiment we had been postponing for over a year at .txt.
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We’ve spent years optimizing individual productivity with #AI.
But what happens when agents start mediating how #teams coordinate, negotiate, and build #sharedunderstanding?

Are we designing #collaborative systems — or just automating #distributedwork?
Collaboration in the Age of AI: From groupware to Agent-Mediated Teamwork
Collaboration in the Age of AI begins when agents move between people, reshaping teamwork from simple assistance to active mediation.
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February 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Thanks. My pleasure. #SharedUnderstanding #FreeofCharge #IntrinsicValue

But I know the NGOs find it hard to accept. They call extrinsics 'pragmatism.' But they don't understand that very well either.
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