Gareth Paul Jones BLUE HOUR
From the workshop · October 2025

What makes
an AI useful?

A reward function has to hold several ideas at once. In this experiment: helpfulness, safety, and truthfulness.

Normalize → weight → combine

Helpfulness

The demo uses sentiment analysis as a proxy. Positive sentiment is not the same as a helpful answer—a useful limitation to keep visible.

Adapted from the Multi-Signal Reward Function workshop. These are experimental proxies, not validated measures or production safety guarantees.

Watch the full experiment · 1:18:12 ↗

Another question.
Another way in.

PERSONAL SOFTWARE · macOS

JonesAudio

A simpler route from a spoken idea to text at your cursor.

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