Me and AI: Along Comes Fable 5

Wow. Just wow.

I was in Qatar when Anthropic announced Mythos, an AI model so powerful it could not be released. Now we have the safe version, Fable 5. Semi-free for me until the 22nd, and usable because we have been given double the token usage until 5 July.

So here is what I have done with it. My current new tool, and the best I have ever had, is “Kirsty’s Council”. This is a group of experts that convenes on my request as a Live Artifact. I pop in an issue, a document, a dispute, or something else, and ask my Council to discuss and review it against a query I have.

I popped in a recent dispute that I had just wrapped up and asked my Council to review it, along with assessing the likelihood that the respondent would choose to settle prior to court and what they would debate. My Council predicted a 75% likelihood they would settle before proceedings. That was the correct prediction, because it is what happened.

My Council has been set up with selected members who hold important positions. With what I do, there are not many people I can debate and review with. Those who may be available will charge an arm and a leg, and I have to bring them up to speed first. Others just roll their eyes with boredom.

What is next with this tool? This weekend, I am convening an “Engineer to the Contract” version. Those in construction will see why this is powerful. It will not replace the human version, but it means the human becomes knowledge-empowered with all of the information resources and an output for consideration. Forget the Engineer who is weak on the contract or unaware of past history. To support this, I will be adding a new knowledge base to my second brain.

So Fable 5, you have empowered me to a new level. And I really do see why all of this needs to slow down. The AI empowerment is incredible.

Still, it does not replace me. I have the deep knowledge. I make the judgements. I have the empathy, the compassion, and the human interactive skill.

Why am I doing this? Because I want my people back. I want people who have the right knowledge and can form well-considered decisions. I want to talk to them, have coffee with them, and discuss the work at hand properly.