My next project: Open Meadow
Hi all! I haven't been posting much for the past 5 months, mainly because I've been focused on preparing the next thing, the next step.
Based on what I've learned from AIM Lab I've been building an entirely new website and platform.
AIM Lab has been a collaborative space for experimentation, a set of tools and recipes to play with AI in the space of meditation.
This new project is about using AI to support us in an ongoing, personal and unique meditation practice.
Open Meadow (the new project) is kind of like a ChatGPT for your own meditation.
The core interface is a chatbot. Most interactions happen by simply chatting with the assistant.
This means you can now just ask the assistant to create your meditations, based on your script (just like AIM Lab), but also from scratch.
Open Meadow goes beyond being a tool: the assistant is friendly, supportive, and creative. It's kind of like having a meditation friend always available to chat.
Unlike any other meditation app, Open Meadow has no agenda and no curriculum: it's there to support your interest, curiosity and goals.
One of the most interesting insights I gained from AIM Lab is that there are a lot of you who don't quite fit into mainstream meditation categories. I'm building Open Meadow specifically to support you.
Unlike any other meditation app on Open Meadow there are no pre-recorded meditations: all meditations are co-created for you, for your day, your moment, your interests, your environment, your own practice (if you already have one).
Unlike AIM Lab, Open Meadow is for you only: everything is private and associated with your account.
Here are some of the features I've been building:
- unlimited meditations, generated in the moment and always saved for you
- precise adjustment of duration length (finally! no more random durations)
- discuss your preferences with the assistant and save them for every future meditation (longer pauses? different style?)
- evolve meditations based on previous ones
- create meditation series (i.e. 7 days of further deepening of whatever interests you)
- deep dives into theory on demand
I've been using the prototype daily myself for the past two weeks, and I'm really loving it. I can't wait to let you try it out!
In the meantime, AIM Lab is still active and working. Feel free, as usual, to leave me any feedback.
_Val