YANNI CHEN
Essays and field notes on dreams, consciousness, AI and long-term personal memory.

Current Research

12
Aug
An open dream notebook beside a moving curtain before dawn, with one page fading into mist.

What Question Is Worth a Life?

When life is finite and answers are becoming abundant, how do we choose a question worth decades? A founder’s essay on AI, dreams, and the first 100 Founding Dreamers.
8 min read
01
Jul
Part III The Dream Intelligence Framework

Part III The Dream Intelligence Framework

From Fleeting Dreams to Lifelong Intelligence Dreams disappear quickly. Within minutes of waking, much of a dream has already faded.
3 min read
01
Jul
Part II A Computational Framework for Dreams

Part II A Computational Framework for Dreams

If dreams are to become part of the future of human intelligence, they must first become computational objects. Today, dreams
1 min read
29
Jun
Part I Manifesto

Part I Manifesto

Building Dream Intelligence For centuries, dreams have been treated as something mysterious, irrational, or impossible to study. They disappear within
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