{"type":"project","slug":"tech-back-control-playground","title":"TechBackCTRL AI Playground","status":"active","tagline":"A hands-on field guide to AI, with small experiments and an open studio.","summary":"Learn through five experiments on language, prompts, images, semantic retrieval and agent permissions, with a field guide, local notebook and live tools in the open studio.","canonicalUrl":"https://jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-playground","markdownUrl":"https://jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-playground.md","jsonUrl":"https://jonathantipper.com/projects/tech-back-control-playground.json","launchUrl":"https://playground.techbackctrl.app/","launchLabel":"Open Playground","launchNote":"Authored learning activities work without provider access. Live studio features have their own access and usage requirements.","started":"2026","tags":["ai","learning","playground","tech-back-control"],"links":[{"label":"Open Playground","url":"https://playground.techbackctrl.app/"}],"image":{"src":"https://jonathantipper.com/images/projects/tech-back-control-playground-learning.png","alt":"Playground learning home with language, image and agent experiments","mode":"screenshot"},"content":"## What it is\n\nPlayground is a hands-on field guide to AI. The latest version starts with small experiments that ask you to predict an outcome, change something and reflect on what happened.\n\n## What it does\n\nFive experiments cover language models, better prompts, image generation, semantic retrieval and agent permissions. A searchable field guide explains the ideas, and a browser-local notebook keeps observations and progress. The open studio retains the live conversation, image, audio and embedding tools.\n\n## Current status\n\nThe learning studio is live. Authored learning activities work without provider access; live model features have their own access and usage requirements. Learning notes stay in the browser and do not sync between devices."}