Ep. 2: Your Agentic AI Is Decaffeinated

I'll take a double shot espresso, please — no decaf.

Right now, the AI the enterprise is handing you is decaffeinated. That's not an indictment, it's just reality. But it doesn't have to stay that way. As we figure out how AI should actually help us, we need to set expectations, demand more, and shape the experience — before the big enterprise players dig their moats too deep.

Double shot coming right up!

Links & references

• The essay this episode builds on — How AI Agents at Home Can Inform the Enterprise: https://michaelbydesign.substack.com/p/how-ai-agents-at-home-can-inform

• OpenClaw (self-hosted agent platform): https://openclaw.org

• Meet the Leo & Co. agent team: https://www.leoandco.org/team/

• My site: https://michaellight.org

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