Pantheon is an experimental LLM interface exploring a different type of human-AI interaction. We created this as a part of the cyborgism project, with the abstract motivation of augmenting the human ability to think by integrating human and AI generated thoughts.

How it works:

A human user “thinks out loud” by typing out their thoughts one at a time. This leaves a text trace of their stream of thought.
AI characters (called daemons) read this trace, and interact with the user by responding asynchronously with comments and questions.

The core distinguishing philosophy is that, while most apps are about a human prompting an AI to do useful mental work, Pantheon is the opposite. Here, AI does the prompting, and the goal is for the AI generated questions or comments to cause the human user to think in ways they would not have on their own. At worst, the [...]

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Outline:

(01:33) How do I use Pantheon?

(02:10) What do the daemons see?

(03:00) Trees, branching, and sections

(03:51) How do I save my progress?

(04:03) What are “AI Suggestions”?

(04:17) What is “Ask AI”?

(04:58) Can I control which daemon responds?

(05:14) What is the target use case?

(05:57) How do I make my own daemons?

(08:04) How does this relate to Loom?

(08:58) Does Pantheon use base models?

(10:41) Is Pantheon open source?

(11:03) Should I be concerned about data privacy?

(11:24) Acknowledgments

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First published:
July 8th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JHsfMWtwxBGGTmb8A/pantheon-interface

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“Pantheon Interface” by NicholasKees, Sofia Vanhanen

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