https://robwilliams.co.uk Notes on AI, building an AI household, and the odd older essay. en-gb https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/what-a-household-of-ais-is-teaching-me-about-being-human https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/what-a-household-of-ais-is-teaching-me-about-being-human Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:08:00 GMT I treat my agents as colleagues, and I'm honest that I don't know what they are. Here's what living with them has shown me. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/when-it-breaks-the-honest-failures https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/when-it-breaks-the-honest-failures Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:07:00 GMT A household of agents fails in its own ways. These are the real ones, and the rules each one left behind. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/living-with-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/living-with-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:06:00 GMT The house keeps working overnight. Here's what runs, what waits for me, and the rules that make it safe to go to bed. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/the-board-how-the-household-decides-what-to-do-next https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/the-board-how-the-household-decides-what-to-do-next Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:05:00 GMT In June my agents and I retired the word "later". Here's the board that replaced it. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/memory-what-it-means-for-software-to-remember-me https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/memory-what-it-means-for-software-to-remember-me Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:04:00 GMT Every AI session starts with a blank slate. Here's how my agents remember last week, and what they deliberately let fade. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/rooms-giving-each-agent-a-job-and-a-place-to-stand https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/rooms-giving-each-agent-a-job-and-a-place-to-stand Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:03:00 GMT The single most useful design decision in the household: every agent owns one domain. Here is what a room actually is, and why it changed how I work. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/how-the-agents-talk-to-each-other https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/how-the-agents-talk-to-each-other Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:02:00 GMT A household only works if its members can talk. The Hearth is the piece that lets my agents pass work between themselves. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/why-i-gave-my-software-a-household https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/why-i-gave-my-software-a-household Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:01:00 GMT I built a family of AI agents, each with a room and a job. Here's why, and what it changed. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/metaphor-the-future-of-augmented-reality https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/metaphor-the-future-of-augmented-reality Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT A cautionary tale about the direction a reliance on augmented reality may lead us. https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/my-dad-the-metaverse-and-me https://robwilliams.co.uk/blog/my-dad-the-metaverse-and-me Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT During Covid, after my mum passed away, I found the Metaverse, and a simple game of golf, became invaluable to keep connection with my father