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Voidware: Software that only exists when you use it

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Re: Voidware: Software that only exists when you use it

#5

Very cool! Do you see this as an intellectual curiosity? Or are there powerful new types of software that the voideare concept makes possible?

honestly, kind of both. it started as a curiosity. I just wanted to see if it could even work. but after playing with it, I think there’s something deeper.

the most interesting part to me is the idea of apps that self-customize without being told to. they adapt based on how you use them and what you enter, not from settings or configuration. stuff that changes itself in real time, just by being used. we wouldn't build that kind of software today because it's too weird or specific. but with this, it just happens.

still super early and pretty rough, but it feels like a door opened a crack.

Re: Voidware: Software that only exists when you use it

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What about trust? How can I trust a voidware to do what I really want ot to do and nothing else ?

good question. I think it'll be self-reinforcing, since the context keeps growing with everything the software has done for you, along with every interaction you’ve ever had with it.
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