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Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Re: Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Post by jhbruhn »

jacobgold wrote: post #9

Slack exists largely because IRC was insufficient. It didn't natively support channel history, search, etc. For AI agents to flourish, Slack has to either truly open its network with a protocol or eventually be replaced. I'd like to see Slack embrace an AT protocol-based chat system, which then apps like Buzz could implement. Then users could log in with domain handles like @yourname.com, and agents could use handles…

Just like Matrix and it's bot/puppet accounts.

Re: Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Post by serf »

grim_io wrote: post #8

Marketing bullshit aside, this is just bots in chat rooms, right? Am I the crazy one?

yeah, but the reality is that every chat room bot integration is half-assed, and the good integrations force you to use chat rooms/services that are either a nuissance to spin up and join, heavily opinionated, or lack features, or even the most basic security and privacy stances.

there's definitely room for someone to do it right.

i'm skeptical if it'll be dorsey, however.

Re: Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Post by _verandaguy »

jacobgold wrote: post #9

Slack exists largely because IRC was insufficient. It didn't natively support channel history, search, etc. For AI agents to flourish, Slack has to either truly open its network with a protocol or eventually be replaced. I'd like to see Slack embrace an AT protocol-based chat system, which then apps like Buzz could implement. Then users could log in with domain handles like @yourname.com, and agents could use handles…

Why is it Slack's responsibility to help agents flourish?

I ask about Slack here because it's pertinent, but I've both seen and experienced firsthand this inversion across the industry where we must adapt our workflows for AI.

Isn't a tool supposed to work for you, not the other around?

Re: Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Post by mplewis »

Gecko4072 wrote: post #3

Now when I see new software projects I just think of how much of them are made with agents and the unreliability/easy abandonment that comes with it. Ten years ago this product would have been of a known quality. Not saying anything about buzz specifically.

oh, you absolutely know this one is going to be a slopfest. Buzz is going to make GitHub look like a paragon of nines.

Re: Jack Dorsey launches Buzz to combine team chat, AI agents and Git hosting

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Post by windexh8er »

malfist wrote: post #11
grim_io wrote: post #8

Marketing bullshit aside, this is just bots in chat rooms, right? Am I the crazy one?

I think you're crazy. It's not just bots in chat rooms, it's bots in chat room with an AI Investor Hype Money™

Kind of amazing that given the state of the world money is still focused on remixes of different forms of social engagement. Is this because it's an obvious place to display ads? Or is it something else?

I'd like to think if I were JD that I would be focusing on something a bit more tangible for the world. A more useful aspect of tech to emerge or be invested in.

But, apparently AI agents in chat that sit adjacent to code is The Next Big Thing?

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