We are all naked on the plains…
The article discusses the author's experience with branding and gatekeeping in the context of publishing. It highlights the hypocrisy of demanding the removal of personal branding while established brands dominate public spaces. The author reflects on the broader implications of commercial interests in shaping public discourse.
- ▪The author built a local-first memory system for AI agents that stores data on the user's machine.
- ▪After submitting technical articles, the author received rejections demanding the removal of personal branding.
- ▪The article critiques the dominance of brands like Coca-Cola in public life and the asymmetry in branding policies of publications.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3862094) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Vektor Memory Posted on May 19 We are all naked on the plains… #privacy #data #ai #vectordatabase On branding, gatekeepers, AI memory, megacorporations, and the slow annexation of the human mind By Vektor Memory Let me tell you how this started. I spent six months building a memory system for AI agents. Local-first. SQLite. Runs on your machine, stores nothing in the cloud, costs you zero per token because it has no idea what a token is.
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