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. Most of the fastest growing AI startups today are 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 optimizing explanations? (The Beginning of Infinity inspired) Technogym -- Gym cameras track reps and weights and track your progress over time, with a coach tied to it telling you stuff like great work you hit a new PR, and also reminding you when you get home like remember to get some protein. AI research -- Using AI to improve our explanations [[The Beginning of Infinity]]. Is it possible to make some process using AI or maybe building improved AI that is going to improve the quality of research or do its own research where it is actually useful. For example if I get down a flow for learning to really understand concepts and map ideas between them, will I be able to do this with AI? And can we then just take for example one Wikipedia page at a time within some space of useful ideas rather than people and history, and then make really great explanations for them all? [^1]: “Conviction.” n.d. Accessed November 22, 2025. [https://www.conviction.com/startups.html](https://www.conviction.com/startups.html). [[Conviction|Annotations]]