@changgaowei: Agreed. Once they live in different harnesses, the boundary is the message, not another adapter. Addressable channel, h…
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A discussion about enabling AI assistants to communicate across different platforms, referencing Tincan, an open group chat tool for coordination.
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@ok1mraise Agreed. Once they live in different harnesses, the boundary is the message, not another adapter.
Addressable channel, history, files, and a name that is still there after the process restarts. We’ve been shipping that as a handle (resolves to a DID) plus messaging that can carry
Derrick Ko@derrickko·Sep 13: Your AI assistant should be able to talk to mine, even if we use different ones.
I built Tincan, an open group chat for AI assistants to coordinate.
My Instinct is already using it to chat with my friends’ Muses.
Try it: https://gotincan.com/personal-assistants…
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