{"id":239,"date":"2025-06-18T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:37:14","slug":"lab-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/lab-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"lab notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Lab Notes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--2\"\/>\n\n\n<ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3fbd8f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-955 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lab-note tag-chatgpt tag-context-engineering tag-contextual-scaffolding tag-three-layer-context-model\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/lab-note-building-a-three-layer-instruction-set-for-anapolys-work-in-chatgpt-projects\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lab Note: building a three-layer instruction set for Anapoly&#8217;s work in ChatGPT Projects<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Transparency label: AI-assistedThis post was developed collaboratively. Alec set the purpose and structure; ChatGPT drafted, critiqued, and refined the narrative under strict governance. Alec reviewed and accepted each stage. The three-layer instruction set took shape through a sequence of decisions, clarifications, and course\u2011corrections within a ChatGPT Project. What follows is a reflective account of how&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-26T15:15:13+00:00\">26 November 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-428 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lab-note tag-ai-tools tag-lab-setup tag-model-comparison tag-transparency\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/branch-test-drafting-anapolys-first-lab-setup-with-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_self\" >Drafting Anapoly\u2019s first Lab Setup with ChatGPT<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Transparency label: AI\u2011heavy (ChatGPT model&nbsp;o3 produced primary content; Alec&nbsp;Fearon curated and lightly edited) Purpose of experiment Use ChatGPT as a thinking partner to create a first draft of an acclimatisation lab setup for Anapoly AI&nbsp;Labs and to compare output quality between two models (o3 and&nbsp;4o). Author and date Alec&nbsp;Fearon, 24&nbsp;June&nbsp;2025 Participants Lab configuration and setup&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-24T22:56:09+01:00\">24 June 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-403 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lab-note tag-ai-tools tag-chatgpt tag-configuration tag-credibility tag-modelling tag-notebooklm tag-office-software tag-perplexity tag-small-business tag-toolkit\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/lab-note-modelling-our-own-use-of-ai-tools\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lab Note: modelling our own use of AI tools<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Transparency label: AI-heavy Purpose of experiment To identify and configure an AI toolkit for Anapoly AI Labs that credibly models the use of general-purpose AI tools in a small consultancy setting. Author and date Alec Fearon, 24 June 2025 Participants Alec Fearon, with Ray Holland and Dennis Silverwood in email consultationChatGPT-4o Lab configuration and setup&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-24T13:08:29+01:00\">24 June 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-358 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lab-note tag-ai-only tag-capability-absorption-gap tag-communication tag-credibility tag-lab-setup tag-positioning tag-prompting tag-use-cases tag-value tag-worked\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/assessin-ai-support-for-defining-a-value-proposition\/\" target=\"_self\" >Assessing AI support for defining a value proposition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">transparency label: AI-assisted Purpose of Experiment To test whether a general-purpose AI (NotebookLM) can generate a credible, insightful articulation of Anapoly AI Labs\u2019 value proposition when prompted appropriately. Author and Date Alec Fearon, 22 June 2025 Participants Alec Fearon, Ray Holland, NotebookLM (AI), Perplexity (AI) Lab Configuration and Setup This experiment was run using NotebookLM,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-22T13:23:55+01:00\">22 June 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-235 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lab-note tag-ai-tools tag-instructions tag-prompting\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anapoly.co.uk\/labs\/lab-note-custom-instructions-for-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lab Note: custom instructions for ChatGPT<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Purpose of Experiment To improve the clarity, coverage, and strategic value of the custom instructions used to guide ChatGPT. This involved shaping an adaptable persona for the assistant. That is, a set of behavioural expectations which define how it should think, respond, and collaborate in different contexts. 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