W10 - Iteration Weekly and Manus

Iterating the weekly report. This iteration is based on two references: Rongjun’s “Logic of the Weekly Report” and Orwell’s six principles of writing. The former prompted me to review why I write weekly reports and what I want to achieve. The latter guides stylistic adjustments—clarity of language is inseparable from clarity of thought. Orwell advocates clear, concise expression and avoiding unnecessary complexity and vague phrasing. Now that AI-infused language is becoming pervasive, this also answers the question of how to convey humanity in writing.

After a week of incubation, Manus has polarized into clearly divided bullish and bearish camps. AI’s rapid evolution makes everything feel accelerated and dizzying. I revisited Learning to Question last week; training in critical thinking is an essential foundational skill that helps us analyze deeply, avoid superficial understanding, and make wiser decisions.

Manus’s greatest value may be popularizing Agents. Once AI has robust planning and agent capabilities, the productivity gains are enormous. Using OpenAI for deep research makes it easy to collect, organize, verify, and analyze large amounts of information, quickly helping humans dive into a topic—aside from the expense that makes it hard to use constantly. We also need to do more with Agents: beyond AI coding, non-coding tasks consume more time, and connecting Agents to various internal platforms could significantly boost efficiency.