Billy Barnes
Programmer and lawyer in New York. I build things, test them, and write up what I find.
Latest
Experiment ยท November 2026
The Loaded 8 Ball
I asked six AI models to play a Magic 8 Ball and answer at random. None of them could. What they did instead says something about every conversation you have with one.
Read the write-up →Writing
- The Loaded 8 BallAn experiment on whether AI models can pick at random, with the full data.
- Next pieceComing soonA short description of what it’s about.
Projects
- Vel and the BlobphsSoftwareA new platforming/adventure game. Coming soon!.
- The Stagnant GridWritingA sci-fi psychological thriller about AGI and humanity. Coming soon!.
- Random cool projectSide projectSomthing else I thought was cool and wanted to test out. Coming soon!.
About
I write code, after an career in law. Both jobs taught me the same habit: don’t trust a convincing answer until you’ve checked how it was produced.
This site is where I put experiments, notes and projects that seemed worth sharing.