Ben Tossell and Msg discuss how Tossell uses AI agents

On today’s episode of @alreadyhereshow I switched things up and sat down IRL with longtime friend @bentossell while he was visiting SF. We talked about how he’s playing with AI these days. Ben is a self proclaimed “non-technical” person intimidated by the terminal but has shipped code to production at @FactoryAI. We get into why he keeps his agent’s context in a folder, why he doesn’t use Claude Code, and why AI makes him want to spend even more time on his computer. shout out to @thsottiaux for the reset because i had astra high fast edit the video. lmk what you think. Other things you will learn in this episode: 02:20 Why building silly things helps you learn how to work with AI 04:23 How Ben built a mascot animator just to make his personal site more fun 06:04 How he built a visual dictionary to understand what coding agents are talking about 08:01 Which tasks he gives Pi, Factory, and Codex—and why he loves @get_bb_app 11:41 Why he agrees with @alexatallah that faster models can feel smarter—and prefers steering agents as they work 15:17 How a shared glossary can help you and your agent stop talking past each other 24:22 Why calling AI adoption a “skill issue” lets the AI labs off the hook 31:13 How Ben keeps his personal context portable across agents and models 31:29 Why he cut back on what his agent remembers about him 42:02 Why you should ask AI questions relentlessly 45:17 Why he wants more time on his computer with his agent