Chapter 2. What Is an AI Worker?

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Chapter 2. What Is an AI Worker?The sixteen elements that define an AI Worker, how a worker differs from a model, an assistant, an automation and an agent, how to choose a surface and a model, and the first draft of a Role Contract.team:panaversity
2.1 The anatomy of an AI WorkerThe sixteen elements that define an AI Worker, sorted into five groups, and four pairs of elements that are easy to confuse.team:panaversity
2.2 Five things people call "AI"What a model, an assistant, an automation, an agent and an AI Worker each are, how they nest, and two questions that tell them apart.team:panaversity
2.3 Worker, runtime and channelWhy a worker is defined apart from the runtime that executes it and the channels people reach it through, and two tests that check it.team:panaversity
2.4 Choosing a surface and a modelHow to choose a surface by the rung, when to add a project or research, how to choose the output by what must last, and three rules for choosing a model.team:panaversity
2.5 How the two leaders realize itHow Anthropic and OpenAI offer surfaces and models today, the three differences that change a decision, and what holds on either AI vendor.team:panaversity
2.6 The Role ContractThe Role Contract, a worker's portable, owned and checkable one-page definition, with its template and two contrasting workers.team:panaversity
Build step: the first Role Contract for the AP WorkerChapter 2's lab: the AP Worker's first Role Contract, tested against two emails, with its runtime needs chosen from scored runs, the exam notes and the artifact checklist.team:panaversity
Check yourselfRecall and practice for the whole chapter: the flashcards, and a final quiz round from all six concepts.team:panaversity