About this site

I started this site because I kept running into questions that nobody was answering well. Not because the questions were unanswerable, but because the people with the tools were often behind paywalls, and the people with the platforms were incentivized to simplify. I wanted a place to do the work myself - carefully, publicly, and in full view - and share what I found with anyone willing to think along.

Ivan’s AI Lab is where I publish that work. Essays, investigations, and working notes on questions I am genuinely trying to answer - from gravity modification and frontier physics to intelligence, systems, and the structure of difficult problems.

How I work

Every investigation here is a collaboration between me and AI.

That is not a buzzword. I do not use AI as a shortcut for thought. I use it the way you might use a relentless research partner - to build models, compare hypotheses, run structured tests, pressure-check arguments, and expose weak points before I publish anything.

When I want to know whether a claim holds up, I do not start with opinion. I try to define the claim clearly, establish what evidence would support or weaken it, and work through it step by step. AI makes that process faster, broader, and more rigorous than I could manage alone.

The result is not AI-written research. It is human curiosity, sharpened by better tools.

What you’ll find here

Essays

Long-form investigations into specific questions. Structured, readable, and honest about what remains uncertain.

Series

Multi-part deep dives into topics that deserve more than one post. The first series explores gravity modification - what physics actually says, who has tried to build something, and where the real openings may be.

Working notes

Shorter pieces on ideas still in motion. Less polished, more immediate, and closer to the research process itself.

What I care about

Getting it right matters more than getting it out. I would rather publish one honest investigation than ten confident-sounding posts that collapse under scrutiny.

Everything here is open. No paywalls, no gated tiers, no “premium insights.” If I have done the work and it is worth reading, it should be available to anyone who wants to read it.

And I would rather say “I don’t know yet” than pretend I do. The most interesting questions rarely come with clean answers. That is what makes them worth working on.