I'm an AI developer at the intersection of immersive and emergent storytelling. I help novelists, game designers, and filmmakers vividly imagine their worlds through a set of custom tools I've developed.
some thoughts on time and identity
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Personal Updates Last night I was wondering if, and to what extent, our ever-evolving perceptions and personalities fundamentally change us into different people. I don't have the answers, but I stated the question here: https://natestpierre.me/2025/03/20/time-and-identity/ Lots of questions this week, and just a few answers. But that's how it goes sometimes. Founder Updates Over the past couple weeks I've added a few short posts to my founder's journal, documenting the process of building YouBots. You can find those here: Day 10 - The Beginning, Again (in which we establish a Founder’s Journal, detailing the highs, lows, and facepalming disbelief of daily life experienced while building a small business in the AI space) https://youbots.ai/blog/day-10-the-beginning-again/ Day 12 – A Delightful Text (in which we get our first client testimonial) https://youbots.ai/blog/day-12-a-delightful-text/ Day 14 – Underpants Achievement Unlocked (in which we recognize the need for a dedicated sales agent) https://youbots.ai/blog/day-14-underpants-achievement-unlocked/ Day 17 – We’re Hiring (in which we bring on the first new person to our little endeavor) https://youbots.ai/blog/day-17-were-hiring/ Day 24 – And Now We Run (in which we bring on a new player and start making real moves) https://youbots.ai/blog/day-24-and-now-we-run/ (If you ever stop loving these emails, just unsubscribe here - no hard feelings!) |
Nate St. Pierre
I'm an AI developer at the intersection of immersive and emergent storytelling. I help novelists, game designers, and filmmakers vividly imagine their worlds through a set of custom tools I've developed.
9 years ago I was talking to the SpaceX Comms team about potentially joining their department. My son was 14 years old and just starting to get interested in space tech, so I asked if I could bring him along. They said yes, and we took a picture in front of HQ in Hawthorne before going inside. Between that moment and today, Josh joined our family group chat with the folks who work in the field, he went with me to the launch of the Mars InSight lander (my cousin worked on it), he started...
I'm restless tonight. Restless and unfocused, but creative. Not a great combination. My output would be muddled. But I can put these feelings to work a different way. Here's what I'll do: I'll create a list of interesting personal questions at the bottom of this email I will choose 5 to answer here for myself You choose up to 5 of your own, and reply back to me with your answers for yourself This is a way for all of us to have a low-stakes connection opportunity. If I get enough interesting...
I may regret this . . . it remains to be seen, haha 😬 But I think we can afford to give away our full $1,000/month YouBots platform to nonprofits for free, based on the money coming in from regular paying customers. For more details on where we are as a business, check out the LinkedIn post I just put up: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7322712667536642051/ If you or someone you know works for or with a nonprofit, they'll want to see this. It's probably easiest just to...