David Shapiro
Also known as AI automation, YouTube
David Shapiro publishes open AI experiments and discussions about automation. Sparse Priming Representations explores compact information for language models. His ACE Framework organized an autonomous system into layers for goals, planning and control, with contributions from other people. The repository was archived in August 2024. OpenAI Agent Swarm explored a hierarchy of cooperating agents and was archived in August 2025. His current public links include systems thinking, Post Labor Economics, a newsletter and a podcast. This work connects technical questions about agent design with questions about jobs, institutions and economic change.
Timeline
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Public technical work
Sharing compact representations
Shapiro published Sparse Priming Representations as an open project.
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Before August 2024
Developing the ACE Framework
The ACE Framework organized an autonomous agent system into layers with different responsibilities.
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Before August 2025
Exploring an agent swarm
Shapiro’s OpenAI Agent Swarm repository proposed a hierarchy of cooperating agents.
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August 2025
Archiving the swarm project
The agent-swarm repository was archived on 18 August 2025.
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Current public work
Connecting AI with work and economics
Shapiro’s current public links include systems thinking, Post Labor Economics, a newsletter and a podcast.
Sources and credits
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