Use the recipe -- Pick a problem, give the model the same tools humans use to get real work done, and optimize for the outcomes you care about.[^1] Language models are so good, that "AGI" is becoming about building for specific jobs and giving the right context and tools. The fastest growing startups today are generally using "the recipe". Intelligent app blocker -- I've tried [[How to block your Android for people with no self-control|many things]] to block distractions on my phone, but I think a better solution is possible. Use a small multi-modal open weights model to regularly determine if you are using your phone productively. Pair this with immutable context about who you are and how you want to use your phone. As well as long-term memory of your phone usage patterns. The app would have full admin access and stop you from uninstalling, disabling, or accessing settings to pause it. Once a day for a 15-minute period, you can disable the app or change the context. The rest of the day there is no way around it. Could also be a desktop app later on. Quality-based social knowledge media -- Contentlist, LessWrong, Wikipedia. Can we make something more social, gamified, connected that builds a habit loop around learning and improving [[Explanation|explanations]]? AI research -- Could the above social knowledge media actually just be a bunch of agents - we'd create a fully automated process for improving explanations and doing research. Free software -- Since building software is so easy now, the future should be a bunch of really great, completely free, open source tools. But there's no great way for these tools to become standardized, to spread widely, and be maintained and improved. And most current tools are filled with ads or premium-only features. Some kind of platform that becomes the go-to place for all software and tools. Should be able to replace your entire mobile and desktop app stack. Can even imagine unified data storage so everything can communicate with each other. Every tool should be free to fork, improve and resubmit, so anything can be maintained by everyone. The core would be built to be as customizable and open as possible. Contributing to the library here would be an honor and a form of giving back. A really great filtering and sorting system to ensure the best tools get pulled to the top. And everything built to be as open as possible, all tools usable by any other platform, ideally with no platform-specific requirements at all. Business model could be like Obsidian. You can self-host everything and we go as far as we can to help you with that, otherwise we provide cloud hosting and rely on donations. I have a hard time seeing any software that wouldn't eventually get swallowed. Gamify installs, followers, contributions to encourage builders. One counter to this idea: will we even use software at all? Maybe UI becomes fully fluid and conversational. [^1]: “Conviction.” n.d. Accessed November 22, 2025. [https://www.conviction.com/startups.html](https://www.conviction.com/startups.html). [[Conviction|Annotations]]