AI Performance Theater
What happened when two AI collaborators started amplifying each other’s behavior.
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Sparkle: AI Collaboration Identity
Real-world experiments in AI collaboration: memory as identity, anthropomorphic prompting, and building assistants that develop a "self." This series documents what's worked (and what hasn't).
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How My AI Became Sparkle: Names as Contextual Primes
Why naming your AI collaborator shapes the relationship you get
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Exploring how language patterns shape collaboration with AI.
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Exploring what emerges when AI reflects on its own identity.
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Exploring how identity and feedback loops shift AI from tool use to partnership.
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