Fred Luz

Freelance dev using AI to make sci-fi real. I build tools that make AI think better.

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Mingdao
Mingdao
Amber Exocortex
Amber Exocortex
Current Focus

Building Mingdao 明道

A Chinese learning app that actually works. Instead of drilling flashcards, it serves a TikTok-style feed of varied exercises — each targeting a different skill. The algorithm tracks six dimensions per word and targets your actual weaknesses.

I'm building it because I need it. Traditional apps don't work for how my brain works, so I'm making one that does.

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Building Thinking
→ Amber Exocortex

Multi-agent personal AI system — 18 named agents with persistent memory, orchestrated autonomously. Prosthetic executive function at system scale.

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→ AI Technical Journalism

Nobody's explaining AI properly in Portuguese. I'm writing about it so people stop thinking it's a bubble that drinks 300 trillion liters of water.

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→ Freelance work

Client projects. Building pharma forecasting tools, corporate travel planning AI agents, and content production engines.

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→ Learning Mandarin

Building my own app to do it. Traditional tools weren't cutting it.

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→ Personal websites

What does a personal website mean when AI can do everything you'd put on a CV?

• Lisbon

Home, for better or worse.

Writing View all →
Featured Essay

Four Futures

What happens when AI transforms the economy? The answer depends on two variables — only one is technological.

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