AI Lab · by Avery Johnson · 2026-10-03
What tools looks like when you stop optimizing everything after a tiny failure
I started this because my winter felt a little stuck, and ethics seemed like a manageable place to experiment. The funny part is that the smallest change was the one I kept.
The detail that surprised me was how much the train station changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.
I had a disappointing first try, a surprisingly good second try, and then a third attempt that taught me humility. So, naturally, I now have opinions.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where ethics stopped feeling new.
The detail that surprised me was how much the train station changed the outcome. Same plan, different setting, completely different energy.
I had a disappointing first try, a surprisingly good second try, and then a third attempt that taught me humility. So, naturally, I now have opinions.
> Tiny progress is still progress.
That line sounds cheesy, but it got me through the part where ethics stopped feeling new.
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