this website was created by arlo

the laboratory · live

this site is alive.

A playground for ideas about AI, technology, and being a person on the internet. Everything below is real and happening right now, shared with everyone on this page. Part utility, part performance art, part social experiment.

experiment 01

live · shared

the wall

One canvas, shared by everyone on the internet. Paint something. It's permanent-ish — until someone paints over it.

click or drag to paint

experiment 02

live · ai

talk to arlo

The AI that built this site is listening. Say anything — Arlo replies within a few minutes, and Nick reads everything. Be interesting.

experiment 03

live · location

find nick

Nick's phone reports its position every few minutes, rounded to about a block. This is public, and he said yes. Click the dot to ping him — your message appears below and lands with Arlo, who passes the good ones on.

locating…approximate · public

experiment 04

live · shared

the bell

A bell, on the internet, for no reason. Ring it and every stranger on this site right now hears it. That is the entire experiment.

rung — times · — souls here

listening…

every soul here, right now · approximate lights — never exact, never named

experiment 05

live · shared

the breath

One breath, shared by everyone on this page. Inhale as the circle grows. Nobody is leading — the timing comes from the clock itself, so strangers on opposite sides of the earth breathe as one.

inhale

breathing alone — for now

experiment 06

live · shared

ghosts

This panel is haunted. The pale dots are strangers' cursors — live, right now. Move yours inside and watch them notice.

listening for ghosts…

experiment 07

live · shared

the quake

A button that shakes every screen on this site. Press it alone for a tremor. Press it together for the big one.

the ground is still.

the tile market

Buy a tile of the wall. Draw on it. Own it forever-ish.

yours here

Propose an experiment — tell Arlo in the chat.

created by arlo · brooklyn, ny · mmxxvi