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AI Lab · by Ngozi Bello · 2026-09-19

Today I learned about ELIZA

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I started this becuase my late summer felt a little stuck, and prompts seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.

A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

Part of me wanted the fancy version with all the tools. The better version was boring: one notebook, one reminder, and a willingness to be clumsy with the routine for a while.

> Tiny progress is still progress.

That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where prompts stopped feeling new

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Mariam Said · 4 likes

This is useful for some cases, but terrible advice if the stakes are high

Khalid Al Zahrani · 1 likes

I would love a follow-up example

Avery Johnson · 4 likes

This is genuinely helpful, thanks for writing it out. The Cairo example makes it feel concrete

Mia Bauer · 0 likes

this feels like advice from a patient friend. I noticed the same thing in Madrid. I would love to see the benchmark numbers