About Ernan Hughes, projects, publications, and research.
“I believe AI will become the primary way we interact with all information and technology.”
A writing too to enhance your output using AI.
Stephanie is a local assistant that constantly indexes your ideas, files, and context, bringing the right information into your current conversation automatically. It is like having a memory-augmented subconscious AI.
This tool filters your YouTube subscriptions and transcripts to find only what is truly relevant, using your current session context to highlight key segments worth watching.
This is an evolving experiment in building a true AI collaborator, blending prompt templates, memory, reasoning, and rhythm. It ties into the theories behind Freestyle Cognition and powers many of the book’s sessions.
Right now, I am building Applied AI, with this very website as a real-time demonstration of freestyle cognition. It is a living example of how AI can be used to amplify human projects, creativity, and momentum.
My recent paper, Cross-Modal Cognitive Mapping, explores a method for modeling human thought by linking language, visual generation, and user selection behavior. The framework aims to better understand how people conceptualize ideas across cultures and individuals, with potential applications in AI alignment, cognitive science, and personalized systems.
Use AI effectively to turn ideas into execution.