Knowledge Synthesis
Note: Core activity in Pete Kaminski's Field of Sheaves project discussed during the OGM 2025-11-06 call.
The Concept
Using Agentic AI and Document Synthesis to:
- Combine frameworks that address similar topics
- Create 10-20 page overviews
- Connect ideas across domains
- Find patterns across different approaches
Pete's Application
Creating syntheses of:
- Collective efficacy
- Social cyclic theories
- Intention-action gap
- Strategy and management frameworks
- Government governance principles
- Commons stewardship by communities
The Process
- Notice frameworks that address same territory
- Authors/creators often don't know about each other
- Use AI to read and synthesize multiple sources
- Create coherent overview
- Human guides and refines
The Ambivalence
Pete's feeling: "Half amazing, half embarrassing"
The question: What's the human contribution when it's "mostly built by AI"?
Traditional vs AI-Assisted
Traditional:
- Human reads all sources
- Human synthesizes
- Takes months/years
- Clear attribution
AI-Assisted:
- AI reads sources
- AI organizes and drafts
- Takes days/weeks
- Murky attribution
- Questions of value and authority
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