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Project summary
I’m building One Think because I care about how technology changes the way we think and relate to each other. I want to spend a month studying one part of that: when AI can truthfully help someone think something through, and when it quietly pushes them toward a bias.
For example, if someone says their friend hasn’t replied, asking "Why is X avoiding me?" already assumes something, and instills a bias on the LLM. But questioning everything the user says isn’t helpful either.
I’m asking for funding to investigate this with outside research help and share what we learn.
What are this project’s goals? How will you achieve them?
I want to put together a set of fictional situations, compare AI responses and assess them independently. Do the responses help someone consider different explanations? Do they make assumptions? Can reviews agree on the difference?
I plan to work on this full time during November in San Francisco
How will this funding be used?
The proposed funding is $10,000:
$5,000 for the research work.
$3,000 for a 16-inch MacBook Pro for development, evals, and analysis.
$2,000 for model access.
The minimum is $7,000 covers the research costs excluding a MacBook purchase. $10,000 includes that.
One Think is a Delaware C-Corp for-profit company. This funding would support the research described here, with the materials and findings released to the public. Funding needs to be in place by November 1.
Who is on your team? What’s your track record on similar projects?
I'm a solo founder. I’ve made Anywhere, live on the App Store now, and I'm developing the Beta for One, a social app.
What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?
The risk would be that the test situations are overly artificial to tell us much regarding real scenarios. In that case, I’ll explain what happened, where we hit a bottleneck, and what to change looking forward.
How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?
$0 raised from VCs, and I have spent around $20k myself.