# Announcing AI Camp: Native Applications by John Borthwick ## Metadata - Author: [[John Borthwick]] - Full Title: Announcing AI Camp: Native Applications - Category: #articles - URL: https://render.betaworks.com/announcing-ai-camp-native-applications-e1358061c601 ## Highlights added June 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM applications lags behind the power of the science ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqm2vdrc18ypk3dpwmr4ef)) when end users like ourselves are faced with a task or project we are certain could be done faster, better, smarter, by harnessing the power of AI, the ready-made tools we have available to us in that moment are surprisingly limited. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqtmsjp5qm23qt8gwvbwfq)) we want you to tell us about what you’re doing at the edge of what is possible with AI. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqyagmaafydm1090py3t9r)) This camp is for people who are using those picks and shovels, plus their own secret sauce, to make highly valuable, engaging products for end users. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqynkcsgcsdz51y9mk7rek)) The interface for these things can be anything from voice to chat to GUI, on web or mobile or even spatial computing. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqz6rd2m30swvqrt0xvw1k)) A unique POV on interface is important. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqzf6e8yhbpharwjatp4rm)) innovations not yet imagined at the GUI level, not to mention agentic interfaces that may arise within other existing workflows/applications or be altogether disposable/invisible ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vqzqh12a4v5k56wa69qjag)) How do you pull, from the mess of a human brain, preferences, priorities and inherent knowledge and inject that into a model to produce an output that’s as good as, or better than, what a human could do on their own? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vr0g7jtqdg6dvzbsrhnzmq)) we require that your application bring something beyond a nicely designed interface atop a closed model ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vr14t8ej4c7e770g6rb73r)) Tell us about how you are going to delight your users with high quality experiences that work when you need them most. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vr20p266fa59gfarm5z3bm)) We’re looking for products that incentivize growth via a mechanic within that software. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vr2m9847hx7sxa64scnw8m)) demonstrate an ability to bring some technical expertise alongside that perspective ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0vr311dc7793kf5qmyr71f2))