01 · Practice
Start Here
Try a five-step exercise for using AI without outsourcing your thinking.
Open the exerciseBuilding in public · early-stage
Use AI to improve your thinking, not replace it.
Think Smarter AI is an evolving educational project exploring a more thoughtful way to work alongside AI. Start with a practical exercise, challenge your assumptions and keep responsibility for the final decision.
Think first Check important facts Stay responsible
Human thinking loop
active
- Bring your own question
- Write your initial view
- Use AI to challenge it
- Verify what matters
- Decide and record what changed
Explore
Choose your next step
No big claims or finished-product theatre. These pages show what the project currently is, how it approaches AI and how the website is changing over time.
02 · Method
How We Work
See where human judgement stays essential and where AI can genuinely help.
Explore the method03 · Project
About
Understand the purpose, guiding principle and current early-stage status.
About the project04 · Person
About the Founder
Meet Jacob W. and learn why authenticity and learning in public matter here.
Meet the founder05 · Evidence
Build Log
Follow a concise public record of visible website milestones and planned work.
Read the Build Log06 · Then and now
Website history
Compare the preserved Carrd beginning with the coded website that followed.
Compare versionsThe principle
Keep your thinking in the loop
AI can help expand the space around a question. It cannot take responsibility for what you believe, choose or publish.
Think first
Start with your own question and initial view.
Challenge assumptions
Look for missing evidence and reasonable alternatives.
Verify important facts
Use reliable sources when the answer matters.
Remain responsible
AI can assist your reasoning, but it does not make the choice.
Visible progress
The first version is still part of the story
The original Carrd page and the pre-redesign coded site are preserved so the project can show real change, including the rough edges, not just the latest result.