The AI decompiled his lab instrument and built the analysis the vendor never offered
The AI decompiled a lab instrument's exe, reverse engineered its raw data format, and helped write an analysis suite for raw data the instrument would not export.
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Making things, learning and having fun · 960 ideasTurned saved NYC-event posts into a self-updating 'Fall NYC Itinerary' with calendar
Personal-finance creator Tiffany Aliche (someone) had her AI 'Monae' pull her saved Instagram posts about New York City events and organize them into a dated 'Fall NYC Itinerary' — including Morgan Library and Frick Collection free Fridays — set it to update daily, and add selected events to her calendar.
The AI built the fast photo browser his old folders needed, and he uses it
The AI built a fast personal image browser for his many old photo folders, which he uses and likes.
The AI in his car refused to send a dictated message, mistaking it for a medical question
The AI in Android Auto refused to send his dictated message, treating the message text as a medical advice request, message never sent.
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Run my VPS health check and updates over SSH from the couch
The AI connected to the user's VPS over SSH, ran a health check and applied updates, all directed from the couch.
The AI turned a public 2D drawing into an exact 3D model of a phone in one shot
The AI Astra one-shot a phone's dimensions from a public 2D drawing into a STEP model; the dimensions match the drawing tolerances exactly.
LLM renderings and machine code produced his one-off flat-pack furniture
Uses an LLM to generate furniture renderings and CNC gcode, cut and assembled IKEA-style one-off custom furniture.
GPT helped me fix my Bitcoin miner and build it new firmware
GPT helped him fix his Bitcoin miner. He also created his own improved, branded user interface and firmware for it.
Whisper and an LLM rebuilt a 1973 lecture blackboard from tape audio
About 89 hours of tape from Grothendieck's 1973 Buffalo courses surfaced as videos with no blackboard footage. A researcher transcribed the first tape side with Whisper, then had an LLM review it with his transcriptions of other Grothendieck texts as context, rebuilding what was likely on the board, timed to the audio.
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An NBA stats warehouse built without him writing any of the code
Building an NBA stats warehouse without writing any of the code; the agent wrote it.
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