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Having the AI work on a schedule is the part I like best

I open my laptop in the morning and work has already moved. You can say “do this, at this hour, every day” and leave it at that.

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I open my laptop in the morning and work has already moved.

Our AI server, miraiGen.™Cube, lets you say “do this, at this hour, every day” and leave it at that. Of everything we have built into it, this is the part I like best.

The jobs currently running

TimeWhich department's AIWhat it does
00:10Executive officePublishes one post on this blog
04:00ITChecks the server for signs of unauthorised access
05:00New businessDesigns one product for the online shop we are preparing
05:30New businessTakes stock of what is left before launch, and asks me to approve items
06:00New businessWorks through the items I approved
07:30Executive officeBrings three candidate topics for this blog
13:00Executive officeDrafts the topic I approved

So this is what I wake up to.

  • One more product exists
  • The remaining work before launch has been listed, waiting on my approval
  • The security check is done
  • And by midday, a draft of the topic I approved is ready

The whole instruction is “every day at this hour, do this”

There is no special settings screen. You ask in the same words you would use for anything else — “every morning at five, do such and such” — and from then on it runs at that hour. Say “stop doing that” and it stops.

Because each department has its own AI, you ask the one whose work it is. The shop jobs belong to the new business AI, the security check to the IT one. Each works from the records of its own patch, which means by morning, work in several different departments has moved in parallel.

Why it feels good

I think it is that the day starts with progress already on the table, rather than from nothing.

The first thing I do in the morning is no longer “think” but “look and decide.” A product exists, so I decide whether to ship it. The remaining work is listed, so I choose what to take on today. The check has run, so if something turned up I can go straight at it.

The thinking is still mine. But I sit down with the material for it already gathered. That sounds like a small thing, and it changes how far a day gets.

Work moving along on its own is, quite simply, a good feeling.

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