Jotted thoughts from the network.

A service that creates searchable transcriptions of short teachings, so you can find quick, specific clips on how to fix things in your life.

A lifelong learning platform that keeps you up with current research after you've left school, delivering new ideas in a bite-sized format so it feels like you're still in a university environment at the cutting edge.

A publicly available library of prompt books and prompt chains you can subscribe to, which teach you new things step-by-step while also teaching you how to prompt.

A 'so what' prompt for students. As they study, a side panel looks at their reading material and explains why it's important and what they can actually do with the knowledge, especially for subjects like maths and sciences.

A multi-step prompt that can understand poems from other languages, extracting not just themes but also the deep cultural nuances and societal meaning behind specific word choices.

A guide that teaches people shorthand for LLMs, showing them which words are unnecessary filler so they can write more efficient and effective prompts.

A series of 'primer files' in MDC format for students on complex topics, like whether AI is good or bad for art. Each file contains all the key thinkers and arguments to kickstart an informed ChatGPT conversation.

The next evolution of content generation: an AI that creates an ever-growing compendium of knowledge, continuously reading the internet to build and synthesize a tangible, book-like knowledge base on any topic.

A weekly listening list of classical music, curated from Reddit discussions (e.g., 'who plays your favorite Chopin nocturne?').

A three-step process for explaining how to write larger documents with AI, modeled on a grant-writing process, where you build the document section by section.

The concept of 'The New Library'—a collection of the small, potent text files of the internet, curated and preserved as a new form of knowledge.

A project to find and explore the best things to do in cities around the world in the early, early morning or late at night, by asking ChatGPT or Reddit.

A knowledge management project to create a network graph of artistic influence. It would run through artist interviews, books, and cover songs to find their noted inspirations and the original artists they covered, visually mapping the relationships between them.

A series of prompts for people to go through to understand their own aesthetic theory, making them better viewers and creators in the age of AI.

An Instagram channel that documents the peculiar human behavior of forming a single-file line behind the existing line/queue for a ride/restaurant/etc rather than go into the empty line right next to it.

An Instagram series turned book, documenting all the unique, awkward moments foreigners experience while traveling abroad, framed as feel-good life lessons.

A content channel that helps people find the best neighborhoods to live in based on different personas, where each post is a detailed breakdown for a specific city and personality type.

A project to make sand crop circles on the beach around people's spots, then create paths connecting them, turning a public space into a temporary network for people to meet each other.

A 'Day in the Life' video series set in a world where all the absurd hot takes from 'Subway Takes' are a reality.

An Instagram channel that zooms in on people's ChatGPT chats, showcasing the weird, wonderful, and mundane things they're prompting.

An Instagram channel of animals caught mid-bite, looking nonplussed about being photographed while digging in.

A channel featuring the workspaces of artists of all kinds, linking to their music or portfolio, acting as a 'proof of human' in an age of AI artists plus some free marketing.

A short cartoon series about a dog who has no interest in performing tricks for its influencer owner, simply documenting their lives together.

A 'thought' generator that, when it hears someone say 'hold that..' chimes in with an unexpectedly deep thought.

A channel where you carry around kibble, give it to strangers for their pets.

Retell old, ancient stories, but in the style of Gossip Girl, set in modern-day New York City.

A video series that shows 'what else was happening' just outside the frame of famous paintings or historical photos, using AI to generate the expanded scenes.

An Instagram channel that scrapes 'how we met' or 'incredible kindness' stories from Reddit and illustrates them with AI-generated images.

A series of AI-generated videos on topics like design, AI, etc., that mimic a specific, effective explainer style.

Create content for a completely separate, parallel universe. If someone stumbles upon these channels, they'd think they've found a portal to another world.

A project to replicate lost gems from the early internet, like the 'Flying Toasters' screensaver from After Dark, and make them available again.

A channel that finds explanations for cultural oddities (like why some countries like small dogs) and turns them into explainer videos.

A photo series where you take pictures of people in bookstores, ask them what they're reading, and then AI-generate fantastical worlds around them based on the book.

A content channel dedicated to a list of uniquely good feelings, like the sun on your skin after leaving a cold room.

A series of auto-generated videos that take real-life footage and abstract it into animation/anime, exploring why this transformation often hits harder emotionally.

A 'happy emo' series featuring very goth-looking people doing super wholesome things, like baking or riding a scooter together and having the time of their lives.

A project where you rent GoPro harnesses to dog owners at a park, give them the footage, and create a channel from the best clips.

An Instagram channel where you attach a camera to a portable heater, stick it near stray cats, and document the results.

A project to read immigrant stories from Reddit and use Midjourney to create minimalist images that visually narrate their journeys.

A project focused on making and sharing lists of lists, for the meta-joy of organization and curation.

An 'infinite canvas' art piece that uses AI to condense all your moments from a year into a new, dreamlike state, extracting meaning from voice recordings, messages, and images to create surreal extrapolations.

A simple website that provides relevant statistics for any problem statement you input.

An art piece documenting the experience of Spain's social media going offline (2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout).

An 'audio watching' experience, where you can listen to 360-degree soundscapes of mundane conversations from different cities, time periods, or even fictional worlds.

A guide on how to get into your own 'white noise' by recording peaceful moments from your life, complete with mic recommendations and software tips.

A digital compendium of 'rules on being creative,' assembled from artists all across the internet.

A timelapse video of family faces over the years, created by an app that automatically straightens and aligns the photos.

A daily content channel that introduces one new concept a day, complete with a set of critical prompts to help you engage with and learn it deeply.

A creative project or channel dedicated to inventing a new word for the specific realization that people just a hundred years ago didn't have something we take for granted, like lights.

A thought piece or essay exploring the contrast between the scarcity-driven dreaming of post-war nations and our current state of quasi-abundance/paycheck-to-paycheck living.

A cartoon story about a pigeon that just couldn't quite get the hang of how to diagnose cancer correctly (in the 2015 study there was one pigeon that just didn't get the idea of food for selecting the right image).

A social movement about recycling, reinvented for a new generation by infusing it with the nostalgia of Gen Z and the pessimism of millennials, framed as rediscovering a lost, civilization like Wall-e where items built/created were of higher quality and lasted longer.

An essay or video exploring why using AI to write music, in particular, feels so wrong compared to other creative fields.

A series of 'radical world-building' sessions, hosted as game-like video calls, where people are given intriguing scenarios to collaboratively reimagine what our cities/neighborhoods could look like.

An app that notifies you if someone with very similar interests to you is also eating alone at the same restaurant, creating a potential for connection.

An app that alerts people in the vicinity who are mutually willing to take photos of each other, solving the solo traveler's dilemma.

A community project to create a shared fish farm or raising pond, similar to a community garden, fostering local collaboration and food production.

An app feature for apartment seekers that allows them to ask for opinions on a specific building, which then pings people who currently live there for real-time feedback.

A collaborative platform where a friend or two can join you via a shared link to view a list of potential apartments and add comments on each one together.

A 'slow down the scroll' social media feed, populated with thought-provoking content, followed by a few questions or additional readings to encourage deeper reflection instead of mindless consumption.

A system to facilitate prompt sharing among travelers living in a hostel, turning a communal living space into a hub for collaborative AI exploration.

A platform or map feature that adds local musicians and artists to a map of the best places in a city, enriching the cultural landscape for residents and tourists alike.

A business that sells fresh fruit at airports, capitalizing on the fact that there's no better place for fresh food than in an artificial, sterile environment.

A platform to track all the scams happening in a city and make the public aware of them.

A service that either puts a store's curated playlist on Spotify or creates custom playlists for stores to enhance their brand's vibe.

A feedback service that summarizes the 'little gems' of a place to help them bring out their unique character.

A better scheduling system with a great UX for home installation and construction companies, solving the problem that they require people to be home during standard 8-6 work hours.

A talent map that identifies and showcases unique small businesses and innovative startups in a given area.

A business that helps people record their new ideas and turn them into books, then puts them in a licensable, un-trainable catalog so they get paid every time an AI company wants to access their knowledge.

A subscription business for 'made items,' like a service that prints a new design on your reusable mug or phone case every month - just bring in the same mug/case and a new design is printed on it.

A machine set up in Barnes & Noble where people can bring their leather notebooks to have the paper replaced and every old page digitized, with options for new cover items from online creators.

A permanently fixed mannequin or stand that cities can install in front of tourist spots, where people can stick their phones for a perfect, automated photo, complete with photo tips.

A single tactile button with a scroll wheel that connects to your phone, allowing you to start, stop, and manage tasks, acting as both a time management tool and a fidget toy.

A business that provides 'vibe decks' for consultants, offering a more aesthetic and emotionally resonant alternative to standard presentations.

A service that uses LLMs to turn dense startup pitch decks into engaging, scrollable stories, sold to accelerators or investors who need a better way to digest company info.

One day everyone may have their own holdings company for their assets, business relationships, tech, and market expertise, all managed by a family 'AI butler' that keeps the assets updated.

A business that creates and sells mascots for every town across America, giving each place a unique, marketable identity.

A business model focused on AI for forms, creating solutions for insurance tech, health intake forms, and other data-intensive industries.

A business based on the idea of 'acknowledgement coins'—a stablecoin or high-frequency backbone system that automatically pays site owners whenever an AI agent scrapes their content.

A business that identifies one critical element of a client's business (like image icons) and uses AI to make the process of creating that element as close to zero cost and time as possible.

A business that helps people buy complex items like mattresses and backpacks by summarizing Reddit reviews and categorizing all the options.

A business that creates and sells cute, custom-designed tiles for kitchens and bathrooms.

A business that provides a funky, quirky door lock that requires a specific jiggle or push-then-pull maneuver to open, with an alarm that triggers if you do it wrong.

A mini camera that suctions onto any surface and can only be removed with a smartphone code, allowing people to record intangible moments without fear of theft.

A recipe book or app with recipes that intelligently accommodate for all the snacking you do on the ingredients while you cook.

A niche product for cat lovers: tiny, cat-sized plates so your feline friend can sit next to you and 'eat' during hot pot.

A data visualization project showing the cities across the world with the biggest difference between median and mean salaries, highlighting the impact of using the wrong metrics in conversations about wealth.

An analysis of the societal impact of AI-driven job loss, moving beyond the flawed 'Industrial Revolution' comparison to create a better set of five stories that help us understand the real human consequences.

A predictive analysis of which hobbies and industries (like boating in the Great Lakes) will suffer most as AI-driven job loss reduces disposable income for leisure activities.

A comparative analysis of how the character 'Data' from Star Trek was perceived then versus how we perceive and interact with actual AI now.

An analysis of how AI training data reflects its training data and implicit worldview of the majority of content published on the easily scrapable internet today. What would an AI stock-trading bot do if trained on stilted rose-tinted glasses on company performance instead of objective reality that we learn through years of living?

A thought piece exploring the concept of 'materialistic nihilism,' where creation is not 'out of nothing' but a reforming of existing matter, and how this changes our entire conception of what an 'artist' is.

An analysis of the historical convergence/divergence between the 'entrepreneur' and the 'artist,' and how technology has shaped their respective roles and conceptions in society.

An analysis of how the future of work, as envisioned by CEOs of AI companies, often focuses on abstracting away user choice, which is in direct conflict with how users actually want to use AI -- as a tool they make choices with on how to leverage it.

A critique of how modern medicine might taste the way it does because of a long lineage tracing back to traditional berry-based medicines, explaining why Tylenol might taste like omija.

An analysis of how people talk about love in writing, moving beyond descriptions and listing 'the little things' and nice moments to instead understand how the actual feeling is expressed in words.

A critical look at the 'tech credentialed' echo chamber, questioning why VCs are funding another AI task-management app instead of addressing fundamental changes to humanity.

A thought piece on the concept of 'ritual' and trust and how late-stage capitalism, with its focus on disposable efficiency, has eroded the meaningful, trusted rituals our grandparents had, from brand loyalty to weekly visits to the local restaurant/barber/salon/etc store.

A thought piece on how - if LLMs are less transformational in their learning and output than stated - the quack theories of people who post on niche blogs about conspiracies get swept up in 'bottom trawler scrapes' to create LLM training datasets and may later become a foundational component to someone saying they found the 'AI consciousness' when it's really just someone's wonky blog...

A study analyzing and categorizing all subscriptions into two groups: those that genuinely need to be subscriptions to improve our lives, and those that could just be one-off purchases, questioning the infiltration of subscription models.