Lantyn Labs
AI doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or reserved for tech bros.Welcome to Lantyn Labs, the weekly podcast where we demystify AI by getting our hands dirty and building stuff — live.We’re Georgia Lewis Anderson and Omar Karim, two AI insiders from creative backgrounds and co-founders of Lantyn - a purpose first AI studio.Every week, we give ourselves a new challenge: build an AI product from scratch, then share exactly how (and why) we did it — the tools, the mindset, the fails, and the wins. With no jargon, no gatekeeping, and definitely no "move fast and break th...
EPISODE 12: Brain-Rot, Breakups and the Beauty of AI Nostalgia
What happens when your favourite AI changes and forgets?
Georgia and Omar dig into the strange grief that comes with parasocial AI relationships, including what Omar felt when his long-running “AI mum” character temporarily stopped working after a model update. They explore how AI is reshaping emotional attachment, nostalgia, and creative process.
Also in this episode:
Why GPT-5 felt flat initially and why changing your mind might be the most human thing of allThe rise of AI “brain-rot” content and anti-narrative media
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EPISODE 11: How to Make AI weird, personal & totally yours
In this episode, we’re talking about how to make AI weird, personal, and totally yours.
We talk:
– Open-source AIs you can run privately (and train to think it’s a pirate)
– Why building your own GPT could be the next self-care
– Our “legit scale” for assessing trust, vibes, and note-taking skills
– The Devil’s Avocado: a critical thinking game we’re prototyping
Also: AI as a therapist, data leaks, optimism as a skill, and why we might be headed for an AI cult (or just a really good community movement).
EPISODE 10: Can AI help you love yourself? Affirmation alarm clocks & critical thinking
In Episode 10, we look back on our favourite AI builds so far - from cockney rhyming injury bots to robots to help us do our make-up.
This week we’re talking JSON prompting, the danger of letting machines define who we are, and how AI might actually help us sharpen our critical thinking. Omar shares his plan for an alarm clock you can only turn off by saying positive affirmations, while Georgia unveils Goal Captcha - a tool that quizzes you on your aspirations and generates a picture of your fut...
EPISODE 9: Silly Self-Care, Smart Agents & AI Avatars
In episode 9, we’re talking AI video, silly self-care and the rise of agents that promise to run your life.
Georgia makes animated vision boards of her future self using Midjourney video and questions what happens when your AI avatar is hotter than you. Omar builds a cops-and-robbers pedometer game and gets serious about making fitness less serious.
Plus we ponder future-self hotlines, explore Spotify-maps mashups, and ask what silliness has to do with staying human in an automated world.
Perfect for AI tinkerers, creative optimists, an...
Episode 8: fake bots, fake bags and finding meaning with machines
This week we’re talking AI agents that promise the world but come through with knock-off Gucci vibes, why silliness might save us and how to parent your inner child with prompts.
Plus we unpack the rise of yeti influencers, Georgia shares how she turned her career into a chatbot and Omar talks about building an AI powered Netflix and using AI to get bored to sleep by fake meetings.
EPISODE 7: AI Scammers, Screen Time & Self-Trust
It’s episode 7 of Lantyn Labs! Where we explore the edges of creativity and AI by vibe coding new products every week, whilst also building our AI consultancy.
Fresh from Cannes, Omar shares what he learned about the gap between AI hype and actual making and Georgia reveals her latest experiment: using AI to compete with friends over who can have the least screen time.
We breakdown what AGI means, wonder if ‘vibe coding’ really is the new punk rock - and ponder what will happen when AI...
EPISODE 6: AI for makeup, microbiomes and moody machines
Welcome back to Lantyn Labs - where we explore creative, unexpected ways to use AI in real life, whilst building a purpose-first AI consultancy in an industry that changes quicker than you can say ‘machine learning.’
In ep 6, Georgia does some AI whispering and somehow ends up getting offered a job by a robot, and Omar puts leading language models through a serious cultural benchmark, asking: how much do they really know about biscuits?
We check in on Georgia’s makeup tutorial AI (GLAMbot), and Omar introduces his latest experiment; a surr...
EPISODE 5: AI for affirmations, attachment styles and rave rewinds
In the first ever episode of Lantyn Labs not recorded on the green sofa, Georgia and Omar might be in different countries but they’re in the same AI rabbit hole.
Georgia shares how she’s experimenting with some AI personal development R&D by running a course working through The Artist’s Way. Plus what happened when she turned her actual therapist into an AI.
Omar walks us through his latest builds: a calorie calculator that gamifies walking off your snacks and a secure-attachment-style quiz disguis...
EPISODE 4: Mood driven media, and manifesting machines
Welcome back to Lantyn Labs — where we explore the creative edges of AI in real life while building our consultancy in public.
In this episode, Omar unveils Manifest 5000 — an experiment in AI-powered manifestation using thousands of agents on an eight-hour pilgrimage to bring your goals to life (or at least, get you a sandwich). Georgia shares the next step in her avatar journey: syncing her mood, menstrual cycle, and weather data to generate AI-powered news videos with maximum emotional accuracy.
We dive into robo-religions, machine messiahs, and the fine line betwe...
EPISODE 3: AI filmmaking, failures & feel-good bots
Welcome ep 3 of Lantyn Labs, where we explore creative, unexpected ways to use AI in real life… whilst building our AI consultancy.
In this episode Omar shares some insights from teaching a university class that has never been taught before: AI film making.
We unpack why British people are inherently terrible at prompt engineering (yes, politeness is part of the problem), and Georgia reveals her latest AI product: “It’s a lovely day to have a lovely day” designed to encourage positive behavioural change.
We a...
EPISODE 2: AI hype, humility and higher selves
Welcome to the second episode of Lantyn Labs! Where we continue exploring the cutting edge of AI while building our consultancy in public.
Georgia and Omar discuss what it means to be an AI expert in today's rapidly changing landscape and why humility is essential in this field. They also reveal why one of the most important prompts is: "can you pick a hole in this plan?" - a critical approach for better AI collaboration.
Omar reveals his "Zombie Weather" project that turns real-time weather data into undead forecasts, while...
EPISODE 1: AI for heath, hacking and haikus
Welcome to the first ever episode of Lantyn Labs! Where we explore creative, unexpected ways to use AI in real life, whilst building our business.
Georgia shares how she’s using AI to support nutrition around her cycle, and Omar talks about strange AI jailbreaks (including bribing an AI's mum 💸) and reveals his latest side project: a haiku-generating calculator.
We also breakdown how to make your own customized ChatGPT — and ask the big question: can AI actually bring more joy to your day?
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