Intent Over Information

Framing

This piece explores the idea that AI pushes information theory toward a more subjective and action-oriented frame. In systems with agents, the crucial transfer is often not a packet of facts but an interpretable bundle of goals, constraints, preferences, and criteria for success.

Initial Claims

• Without agents, information transfer mostly serves human understanding.
• With agents, communication increasingly serves coordinated execution.
• The scarce resource becomes a well-shaped intent that can survive translation into action.

Draft Outline

1. From objective bits to subjective relevance
2. How intent differs from plain information
3. Why agents compress the distance from language to action
4. What “good intent expression” looks like in practice
5. How this changes interfaces, workflows, and education