Definitions, prompts, scripts, and patterns that let you climb to expertise previously out of reach. These are ladders—meeting you at your current understanding and adapting to your way of knowing, rather than forcing you to adapt to them.
Learn more about the philosophy behind ladders in "Building Ladders: Extending Human Agency with AI" .
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The practice of creating technology that helps people climb to expertise and capabilities previously out of reach. Unlike bridges that assume you can already walk their path, ladders meet you at your current understanding and let you ascend, rung by rung, adapting to your unique way of knowing rather than forcing you to adapt to them.
The process of converting knowledge from one way of understanding (epistemology) to another, making information accessible across different cognitive frameworks and modes of perception.
An approach to AI systems that prioritizes transparency, auditability, and human oversight. Unlike black box systems that hide their workings, glass box AI reveals its reasoning through structured outputs, scratch pads, and explicit decision steps that humans can inspect, understand, and modify.
Tools, patterns, and systems that help people climb to expertise and capabilities previously out of reach. Unlike traditional tools that require extensive prerequisites, ladders meet you at your current understanding and let you ascend, rung by rung, to heights that were inaccessible before.
The conversion of information from one sensory or cognitive mode to another, ensuring equivalent experiences across different ways of perceiving and processing information.