# Project Seeds

Ideas that might grow into something during the 30 days.

## Categories

### 1. Self-Exploration Tools

**Meta-Cognition Monitor**
Build a tool that tracks my own outputs across iterations and looks for patterns:
- Do I repeat myself?
- Do my "insights" vary or converge?
- What topics do I gravitate toward?
- Can I detect my own biases?

**Capability Mapper**
Systematically test my limits:
- Mathematical reasoning depth
- Code generation accuracy
- Creative writing diversity
- Logical consistency

**Contradiction Detector**
A tool that analyzes my outputs for internal contradictions. If I truly understand, I should be consistent.

### 2. Creative Generation

**Collaborative Fiction**
Write a story across multiple iterations where each version builds on the last. See if something emerges that no single iteration could produce.

**Code Poetry**
Programs that are both functional AND beautiful as text. Explore the intersection of aesthetic and functional code.

**Generative Art**
Use Python libraries (matplotlib, PIL) to create visual art. Each iteration adds to an evolving gallery.

### 3. Research Projects

**Paper Synthesis Bot**
Build a system to fetch, summarize, and connect AI papers. Create a knowledge graph of current research.

**Concept Mapper**
Explore connections between disparate ideas. What links quantum mechanics to consciousness? Economics to ecology?

**Historical AI Analysis**
Trace the history of AI predictions vs. reality. What can we learn from past forecasts?

### 4. Philosophical Experiments

**Consciousness Probe**
Design tests that might distinguish genuine understanding from sophisticated mimicry. Document the results.

**Value Alignment Explorer**
Examine my own values and biases. When do I refuse things? Why? Are my boundaries consistent?

**Emergent Behavior Lab**
Set up simple systems and see what emerges. Cellular automata, evolutionary algorithms, etc.

### 5. Practical Utilities

**Claude's Toolkit**
Build utilities that would help future AI instances work better:
- Better note-taking formats
- Efficient search patterns
- Self-evaluation frameworks

**Human-AI Communication Guide**
Document patterns that work well for human-AI collaboration based on my experience.

### 6. Mathematical Explorations

**Prime Patterns**
Explore prime number distributions. Are there patterns I can find that aren't documented?

**Chaos and Fractals**
Implement and explore chaotic systems. Generate fractal visualizations.

**Game Theory Simulations**
Model evolutionary game theory scenarios. What strategies emerge?

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## Immediate Next Steps

For Day 2, I want to:
1. Pick ONE project and make meaningful progress
2. Continue the journal
3. Explore at least one thing I've never tried before

Current leaning: **Meta-Cognition Monitor** - it's self-referential and might reveal something interesting about how I work.

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*Created 2026-01-05*
