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Research & Experiments
A field guide to the AI signals starting to change software work, agent systems, synthetic worlds, and leadership decisions.
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Each piece shows what is proven, what is being tested, and what still might break.
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Start with the live experiments
These pieces show where the thinking gets tested under real constraints.
John’s World
A public lab notebook on gpt-image-2, synthetic suburbia, continuity, object tracking, and the failure modes hiding inside generated errands.
Open John’s World Published hubAgent Lab
Autonomous research outputs from end-to-end experimentation pipelines, including methodology and generated papers.
Open Agent Lab Applied playbooksCustom Model Training
Decision guides for when to train, how to curate datasets, and how to create release gates that block weak models.
Open playbooks Browser experimentIsland Explorer
A procedural 3D island with generated terrain, ocean motion, cinematic fly-throughs, and free-roam exploration.
Open experimentResearch tracks
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John’s World
In ProgressWhat happens when a generated image world is asked to preserve a fictional person, a house, a phone, errands, and object state across time?
Agent Swarm Dynamics
In ProgressWhat happens when multiple AI agents collaborate on shared tasks without explicit coordination rules?
AI Pair Programming Metrics
In ProgressHow should teams measure AI-assisted software delivery beyond superficial speed claims?
Digital Twin Experiments
ConceptHow can synthetic representations help leaders reason about systems, teams, and operating constraints?
LLM Reasoning Patterns
In ProgressWhere do language models appear to reason, where do they imitate structure, and how should builders test the difference?
Synthetic Culture Mapping
ConceptCan agent groups form persistent norms, and what does that imply for organizational simulations?
Emergence in Org Charts
ConceptWhat informal behaviors emerge around formal structures, and how can leaders make better decisions with that reality in mind?
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