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Ethan Mollick Says a Dedicated Email Address for His Dot Solved Agent-Use Problems
- Who
- Ethan Mollick
- What
- shares his experience giving Dot a dedicated email address using a personal agent while avoiding access to his email and making clear that people are interacting with AI
What happened
Giving my Dot a dedicated email address turned out to be surprisingly painless and solved a few problems around how to relate to a personal agent. I don't want it using my email or drafting messages on my behalf, and I want to make sure people know they are interacting with an AI.
The story so far
Ethan Mollick said giving his personal agent, Dot, a dedicated email address was surprisingly painless and resolved some problems with how he wanted to interact with it. He said he does not want Dot using his email or drafting messages on his behalf, and wants people communicating with the agent to know they are interacting with AI.
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