Three AI Models Walk Into an Unsolvable Puzzle
My second grader came home with a logic puzzle worksheet. After some frustration at the kitchen table, I realized there wasn't enough information to solve it. I decided to test whether AI could confirm my suspicion.
When AI Becomes Your Holiday Shopping Assistant: Claude Voice Mode Edition
Yesterday's experiment started during my drive to daycare pickup and ended with an actual shopping plan I might follow. If you've ever stared at a gift list for 8 family members and felt your soul lea...
After a Week of Mixed Results, AI Delivers Something My Kid Actually Loves
Last night's experiment started with homework frustration and ended with genuine delight, the kind where my seven-year-old actually asked to do more word practice. If you're a parent who's witnessed t...
Custom Instructions to Combat GenAI Hallucinations
On Wednesday I shared an example of a wild hallucination that resulted from the Gamma implementation of GPT5. Today, I'd like to share some tips on how to use custom instructions in the models you use...
Planning a K-Pop Demon Hunter (IYKYK) Birthday Party with Claude
The Experiment Can AI help plan a party based on specific media? I tested this by planning my child's birthday party themed around the Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Claude Projects - The Foundation of Thought Partnership
What happens when you stop treating AI as a content generator and start using it as a genuine thinking partner? In this experiment, I explored Claude's Projects feature to develop and refine a presentation through multiple iterative sessions. The key discovery: Claude Projects creates a persistent workspace where context carries across conversations. No more re-explaining your project every time. Instead, each session builds on the last - from initial brain dump to structure creation, through voice conversations about creative decisions, all the way to final refinements based on practice session feedback. I found the most value not in having Claude write my presentation, but in using it to think through structural choices, narrative flow, and transitions. Voice conversations proved especially powerful for working through subjective creative decisions in real-time. This experiment demonstrates how AI tools excel when used for sustained creative partnership rather than one-off tasks. Whether using Claude Pro's Projects feature or bookmarking conversations in the free tier, the ability to maintain context transforms AI from a tool into a collaborator. [Read the full experiment on LinkedIn →]