The Achievement Zone
The achievement zone is a sneaky little tool I built into ChatGPT. It started as a boring to-do list with check boxes. But after a few days I realized I was resenting the to-do list - often skipping every task on the list altogether.
Using AI Like An Artist
Everyone with a pencil and an Instagram account seems to have an opinion on AI art. The most popular one? It isn’t art at all. I usually let that roll off my back, but The Oatmeal’s recent post hit me right in the gut.
Spectrograms of the mind
While I was still unpacking my belongs in my beachfront apartment, I wondered how many times I had journaled about this. I searched my journal for the word “beach.” Hundreds of hits popped up. Coincidence? Maybe. But my inner scientist couldn’t resist the thought: what if my journal wasn’t just feelings on paper — what if it was useful data?
Illustration Gone Wrong
I fed a simple exchange into ChatGPT and asked it to make a comic strip. What could go wrong?
Watching the Machine Watch Me
For some unknown reason, I thought it might be fun to create two independent conversations. One where I talked to ChatGPT about it. And another where I ask it about me.
The Gremlin GuardRail System
The first “mod” that I made to my AI rig was the Gremlin Guardrail System. I didn’t name it that. AI did it with a little wink. I guess we had been riffing about gremlins in the system.
The Creative Bender
How one innocuous request left me drunk on creativity.
Connecting my internal creative engine to ChatGPT was like firing a starter pistol in a reverb chamber. Sonic chaos. Echoes that never decay. But instead of sound waves, it was an endless stream of sparkly puns interwoven with profound insights. And the noise floor would not return to normal.