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Snapshot of the cover of the journal Chinese Political Science Review

How Many Wizards are there in Harry Potter?

18 March 2026

I recently reread the Harry Potter books and realized my estimates of the size of the UK wizarding population was way off.

Oil painting of me Djing in a club. Generated by Nano Banana.

Becoming the World's Worst DJ

1 March 2026

I try to gain a new skill: becoming the worst DJ known to man.

Shelf with hundreds of casette tapes on it

Transcribing the Kohler Tapes

25 February 2026

I set up a custom AI pipeline to transcribe over 1000 oral history interviews.

The AI Moral Panic

20 February 2026

Current public sentiment around AI bears all the hallmarks of a moral panic.

Snapshot of the Topic Toggle website

Topic Toggle

26 January 2026

I built an app for my grandma.

Capcut UI editing a reel about Dobby

Short Form Video

12 January 2026

I watch a lot of reels. I decided to try and make some of my own.

Futuristic city in a lush area.

State of AI - January 2026

1 January 2026

What do today's modern geneative AI systems have to offer?

Five Nights at Freddy's characters in Anglo-Saxon style, generated by Nano Banana

Join Us For a Bite

13 December 2026

My nerdiest project yet? I translate 'Join Us for a Bite' into Old English.

Little robot running through a text world.

Creating an AI Agent to Solve Text Games

8 December 2025

For a class final project I trained an agent to solve text-based puzzles.

More pictures from Alex Lyman Studios

Alex Lyman Studios: A Year-End Restrospective

4 December 2025

Where does my Lego account stand at the end of the year?

Interface of Alex Lyman's Bible Semantic Search Engine

Bible Semantic Search

19 November 2025

I built a new Bible search engine, powered by semantic search.

MTGPT-2 — Training GPT-2 to Generate Magic Cards

6 October 2025

I finally did something I've wanted to do for 3 years, and trained a Language Model to generate MtG cards.

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