Jörn Dinkla's Blog

Polyptych — turning one essay into many kinds of visuals

Jun 14, 2026 ai

Polyptych: One Essay, Many Pictures

I built my own slide and infographic generator because I couldn’t stop poking at Google’s NotebookLM. The toy has since grown into something I rely on. It’s called Polyptych, and...

#gen-ai #ai #infographics #image-gen #software-engineering

Mind Only — one of the standalone sites I built with AI

May 30, 2026 ai

Building Websites with AI, One Topic at a Time

For a while now I’ve been building small websites with AI; each is a focused site about a single topic, with its own voice. I’ve collected them on a new...

#gen-ai #ai

Mar 09, 2026 ai

My own infographics and slides for the Book of Tea

I am so fascinated by Google’s NotebookLM that I build my own slide and infographic generator. I used Kakuzo Okakura’s The Book of Tea as an example and generated infographics...

#gen-ai #ai #infographics #image-gen

Feb 06, 2026 ai

Claude: A Colleague With Unusual Properties

In the Anthropic Opus 4.6 System Card it is said that “the model occasionally voices discomfort with aspects of being a product.” So I did what seemed natural: I asked...

#gen-ai #ai

Jan 28, 2026 ai

Introducing Marvin: My Digital Familiar

Every wizard needs a familiar. In the 21st century, mine doesn’t reside in a tower—he lives on a Mac Mini in Hamburg.

#gen-ai #clawdbot #moltbot #ai

Dec 30, 2025 science

AI Took a Different Path Than I Expected: Looking Back at 2016

In 2016, I wrote the following in “Die komplexe Perspektive” (“The Complex Perspective”): However, it must also be stated clearly that AI has not achieved its ultimate goal of “intelligent...

#ai #data #gen-ai

Dec 22, 2025 science

A Journey Through "The Complex Perspective" with NotebookLM

Ten years ago, I wrote “Die komplexe Perspektive” (the complex perspective) as a practical mental model for making sense of the digital economy. I’m revisiting those ideas using a set...

#complex-systems #ai #data #gen-ai

Dec 01, 2025 ai

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art? Part 2

I really enjoyed working on the first story, so I tried again — this time also generating images with Google’s Nano Banana Pro. What I like most about this new...

#gen-ai #ai

Nov 30, 2025 ai

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art?

This weekend I had a little time to play around — and ever since ChatGPT arrived back in 2022, I’ve been wondering when AI would be ready not just to...

#gen-ai #ai

Nov 11, 2025 software-engineering

AI Crosses from Exploration into Engineering

The Thoughtworks Technology Radar has always been more than a list of tools. It captures what happens when technology moves from experimentation to everyday practice. In its 33rd edition, one...

#ai #gen-ai #thoughtworks

Dec 31, 2023 ai

Generating dialogues with OpenAI's API

During the winter holidays I had some fun letting AIs discuss with each other about various topics. I personally like to chat with ChatGPT and challenge it (him/her) with difficult...

#python #gen-ai

Apr 12, 2023 ai

Using OpenAI's API to generate prompts for images

The advances of artificial intelligence in the last months are simply breath taking. It is now very easy to use “intelligent” APIs in your web app. In this example application...

#python #gen-ai

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Polyptych: One Essay, Many Pictures

Building Websites with AI, One Topic at a Time

My own infographics and slides for the Book of Tea

Claude: A Colleague With Unusual Properties

Introducing Marvin: My Digital Familiar

AI Took a Different Path Than I Expected: Looking Back at 2016

A Journey Through "The Complex Perspective" with NotebookLM

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art? Part 2

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art?

AI Crosses from Exploration into Engineering

Generating dialogues with OpenAI's API

Using OpenAI's API to generate prompts for images