Shepherd's Dog: A Game by the World's Most Dangerous AI
A few days ago Anthropic released a model that was initially too dangerous for the world. I tested it with my personal benchmark - can it create a game idea I've had for years in one shot?
Koen van Gilst
Koen van Gilst
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Notes from the AI Now Summit by Mistral
A few days in Paris for the Mistral AI Now Summit: open models, on-prem deployment, agentic harnesses, and why Mistral wants to be the European full-stack AI partner.
Photo: Munich, Germany
A photograph taken in Munich, Germany
Photo: Munich, Germany
A photograph taken in Munich, Germany
Photo: Munich, Germany
A photograph taken in Munich, Germany
Photo: Altenstein, Germany
A photograph taken in Altenstein, Germany
Growing a Better World... Together with AI
Notes from my talk at the AI Circle on vibe coding, the changing role of engineers, and why AI should be an exoskeleton — not a replacement.
Generating vs. Searching
My 'Software for One' post got some comments about energy costs of generating small apps with AI. When I looked into it, the numbers surprised me.
Software for One
Instead of downloading someone else's app, I built exactly what I wanted for less than a dollar using AI. Is this the future of software?
A Game of Life and Ghosts
A 3D visualization of Conway's Game of Life where dead cells (ghosts) sink into a glowing history stack
Computer Says No
When AI takes over the coding, a layer of knowledge disappears - not just for the user, but for the builder themselves.
Gemini Paints Sunflowers in SVG
A new AI model drops every day. Today it was Gemini 3.1 Pro, which does a surprisingly nice SVG rendition of modern art — the Sunflowers in particular caught my eye.
Omarchy-Inspired Setup for macOS
How to set up a keyboard-driven tiling window manager on macOS using AeroSpace and SketchyBar.
Coding is Dead
From typing over starfield code as a kid to letting AI agents build features - reflecting on how coding is changing and what it means for software engineers.
Photo: Bilthoven, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Bilthoven, Netherlands
Photo: Bilthoven, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Bilthoven, Netherlands
Building Tetris Time with Claude Code
A New Year countdown and clock visualized with falling Tetris blocks. In this post I share some insights on what has been working well for me when building with AI coding agents.
Photo: Altenstein, Germany
A photograph taken in Altenstein, Germany
Photo: Altenstein, Germany
A photograph taken in Altenstein, Germany
A Brief History of Large Language Models
From ChatGPT's launch to AI agents with tools - a user's perspective on how LLMs evolved from chatbots to autonomous systems in just three years.
Adding llms.txt (and a honeypot) to my website
Implementing the llms.txt standard to help LLMs understand my website, plus a clever honeypot to track when AI assistants actually visit.
European Land Use Visualization
An expanded hexagonal map visualization comparing land use across multiple European countries, showing how water, nature, cities, and agriculture are distributed. See what makes Dutch land use special - or not.
Photo: Segesta, Italy
A photograph taken in Segesta, Italy
Can LLMs Recreate Van Gogh's Starry Night Using Only SVG?
An experiment tracking how AI models from 2022 to 2025 have evolved in their ability to recreate famous artworks using SVG. The results reveal how these models understand visual composition and artistic style.
Notes from GOTO Copenhagen: Context Is King
A few days at GOTO Copenhagen on AI agents, technical leadership and architecture decisions. Main take aways: not prompt magic, but context engineering, ownership and clear decision-making.
Photo: Oslo, Norway
A photograph taken in Oslo, Norway
Photo: Oslo, Norway
A photograph taken in Oslo, Norway
Photo: Sweden
A photograph taken in Sweden
Photo: Sweden
A photograph taken in Sweden
A New Metaphor for AI
A post about a better metaphor for AI than the dominant "Terminator" narrative. What we can learn from the history of automata and scientific progress.
Photo: Paris, France
A photograph taken in Paris, France
Photo: Paris, France
A photograph taken in Paris, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Saint Pierre en Port, France
A photograph taken in Saint Pierre en Port, France
Photo: Henschotermeer, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Henschotermeer, Netherlands
Photo: Henschotermeer, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Henschotermeer, Netherlands
Photo: Utrecht, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Utrecht, Netherlands
Photo: Utrecht, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Utrecht, Netherlands
When AI Fails
A project dedicated to documenting the funny, interesting, and sometimes outright stupid ways in which AI can fail.
Photo: Zeist, Netherlands
A photograph taken in Zeist, Netherlands
United Nations Speeches
A side-project that analyzes diplomatic relationships through speeches during the 2024 UN General Assembly.
Photo: Altenstein, Germany
A photograph taken in Altenstein, Germany
Photo: Altenstein, Germany
A photograph taken in Altenstein, Germany