EXPERIMENTS / EXPERIMENT RECORDS

What we tried
and what happened

Each record covers the purpose, environment, AI and human work, cost, problems along the way, and final result. Failures and cancellations stay in the record too.

EXPERIMENT #007 / COMPLETE

We security-checked
35 AI-built web apps

We checked 35 web apps an AI built from one-sentence requests for outside connections, storage, input handling and keys in code. Login and AI chat included, no problems were found, and some apps added safeguards nobody asked for.

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EXPERIMENT #006 / COMPLETE

We tested 20 prompt
tricks on Claude

Promise a tip, ask for a deep breath, threaten, assign an expert role. We ran 20 widely shared prompt tricks with the same requests and conditions, 66 runs in all. Only “write in detail” clearly changed the answers.

Read the results for each trick
EXPERIMENT #005 / COMPLETE

10 problems in solo
AI game development

We built a 16-game idle game in three days with Claude Code. Here are the 10 problems that came up and how each was fixed, with the development history and cases from other developers. The game is playable in the browser.

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EXPERIMENT #004 / COMPLETE

I had an AI copy
a drawing 100 times

An AI drew a picture, and the next AI saw only that picture and copied it, 100 times for each of three subjects. The subject came through to the end, while the details were replaced by other things.

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EXPERIMENT #003 / COMPLETE

How far can one sentence
take an AI build?

One sentence per subject, no testing and no fixes, for 15 builds. From shogi and a spreadsheet to a 3D sandbox and a one-hour RPG, all 15 were usable within what was checked. The limit was not found.

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EXPERIMENT #002 / ADDITIONAL RUN / TERMINATED

I Gave an AI God a World of 300 People.
Humanity Was Extinct 745 Years Later

We gave an AI God a world inhabited by people. It checked the world 152 times and used 46 Actions. Humanity still became extinct.

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EXPERIMENT #002 / COMPLETE

I let AI
be a God

AI defined the world itself and then served as its God for 1,000 simulation days. It woke 15 times and never changed the world.

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EXPERIMENT #001 / PARTIAL

I let AI handle
the whole game build

Codex produced a solid, working first version—but its fun score was 1 / 5. A revision based on human design feedback reached 3 / 5. Both versions are playable inside the article.

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STATUS GUIDE

Experiment status

PLANNED

Planned

The hypothesis, cost, time, safety, and stopping conditions are being worked out.

RUNNING

Running

The work and events are being recorded before any conclusion is drawn.

SUCCESS / PARTIAL / FAILED

Result checked

The outcome has been assessed against the original criteria and what actually happened.

ABANDONED

Stopped

The experiment ended because of cost, safety, feasibility, or another documented reason. That reason stays in the record.