Every Company Needs a Cassandra
Summary
Sunil Pai proposes an AI agent named Cassandra to act as a dissenting voice within an organization. The piece explores how such an agent could observe conversations, form independent views, and interrupt only when its disagreement adds value, using criteria like importance, evidence, novelty, and potential future impact. It discusses the economics and risks of dissent, memory and context, and broader ideas about agents as cognitive functions within organizations.