R/PRoboPotato

Independent research & product company
for useful, human-aware AI.

Field notes

Thinking
in public.

Short working papers from the space between research, product decisions, and real-world use.

NOTEBOOK / 01

Ideas are more useful before they become slogans.

NOTE 001 · 6 MIN

The difference between an assistant and a representative

One waits for tasks. The other understands an outcome, a boundary, and the people involved.

Read through Aro ↗
NOTE 002 · WORKING

Memory is a product decision, not a database feature

What a system remembers changes how it behaves—and how safe it feels to have around.

See the trust model ↗
NOTE 003 · OPEN

What does permission look like in motion?

Authority has to remain clear even as an outcome moves across people, software, and time.

Research agenda ↗