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Start with something already failing
A clinic cut off by floodwater. A grid that goes dark. A search that cannot wait until morning. If the constraint is vague, the invention is a poster.
Warmer Sun
Learn by inventing.
Emerging technology is ahead of the headline. Future Forge is the practice: take a real problem, combine what just became possible, and invent a way through it. An AI partner explains the parts and argues with the plan. You decide what to try.
Free software under the GNU GPL v3. On your computer it uses the Grok subscription you already have. In the browser, compute is a $20 top-up.
The practice
Three moves.
A problem, a combination, and a partner that will not let a weak plan pass.
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Join tools that just became possible
New technology is a set of parts. Put a point-of-care biosensor next to a courier drone and ask what the pair can do that either one cannot.
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Let the partner push back
It explains a technology while you use it, then asks the question the plan skipped. The invention stays yours.
Ways in
Run it, host it, or go further.
Your own copy
Free
The software is free under the GNU GPL v3 or later, including for schools and companies. It uses the Grok subscription you already pay for.
Run your own copyHosted app
$20 top-up
Already running in the browser. A top-up pays for the AI partner, images, voice, and speech. Buy another when it runs out. No monthly compute fee.
Open the hosted appPremium content
$48 / month
or $480 a year
Problems, forecasts, and structured practice across AI, biotech, robotics, and energy. It works with your own copy or the hosted app.
Get premium contentYour own copy and the hosted app sign in to the same Warmer Sun Cloud. Premium content sits on top of either one. Prices in USD. Installation and license.
Questions
Before you start.
What does my own copy cost?
Nothing for the software. You bring a Grok subscription. If you would rather not install it, the hosted app takes a $20 top-up.
How does a $20 top-up work?
It pays for compute in the hosted app: the partner, images, voice, and speech. There is no monthly compute plan.
What is premium content?
A library of problems, briefings, and practice. $48 a month, or $480 a year. Use it with your own copy or the hosted app.
What do I actually do?
You pick a problem, combine technologies, and work the idea until it holds. The partner explains and pushes back. It does not invent for you.
Do I need a technical background?
No. Ask the partner to explain a technology while you are using it.
Are the forecasts facts?
No. A forecast is a possibility to test, not a claim that it will happen or that an invention is ready to ship.
Can other people join?
Yes. On one computer, on the same network, or online. People in your session draw on your Grok allowance.
Essays
All essaysStart
Pick a problem.
Run Future Forge yourself, or open it in the browser.