Gareth Paul Jones · Product Lead, AI at Poe
What should
an AI agent
actually do?
It's a product question as much as a technical one. I work on AI at Poe, with a
background in developer experience and platform ecosystems.
Explore three practical questions ↓
A study in signals
Different filters.
Different observations.
One underlying source.
An illustrative optical study, paired with a talk on combining imperfect reward
signals.
From questions to practice.
The question
Can several imperfect signals produce a more useful training objective?
A practical look at model behavior, reward design, and the information each signal
contributes.
Featured talk · Model behavior
Building a Multi-Signal
Reward Function
Working through how several imperfect signals can produce a more useful training
objective.
Watch the full talk ↗
The experience
behind the questions.
Product and research, APIs and developer tools: different ways of looking at how
technology becomes useful.
2024–present
Poe / Quora
Leading AI product work, with a focus on turning model behavior into products people can
understand and use.
2023–2024
Zoom
Research product work on AI Companion, speech, and applied machine learning.
2020–2023
Twilio
Developer experience across the API platform, SDKs, and command-line tools.
2016–2020
Foursquare
Product and engineering for the Places API and partner ecosystem.
Earlier chapters
Twitter · Developer Relations Lead · 2013–2016Apple · Product Manager · 2011–2013Google · Associate Product Manager · 2009–2011