Gadfly Machines

What is it?

Gadfly Machines is a workshop where the Socratic method meets AI for humans — building thoughtful digital tools and experimental apps.

We’re currently in alpha.

Focus Areas

• Traditions of Thought
  From the Great Books to the Socratic method, we draw from enduring conversations rather than fixed canons.
• Tools That Question Back
  We explore how AI and interface design can spark reflection—not just deliver answers.
• Learning Systems, Rethought
  Beyond platforms or classrooms: what new shapes can learning take when rooted in wonder, critique, and clarity?
• From Provocation to Prototype
  We follow ideas from first questions to first tools—thinking as a mode of building.

Current Status

Alive. Early-stage. Privately building.