[Initial Article Excavation 4] KITAcore | Finding the Origin of "Experiment x Humor"
⛏️Excavation Guild
This is the Arca Ingenium note exchange cafe.
At first glance, it is a cafe with a calm atmosphere.
In the back, there are stairs leading to the basement.
Descending the stairs, there is a counter with a slightly dark feel.
It is the reception of the Excavation Guild, known only to those in the know.
Receptionist: Terina Shadow
“Welcome.
Welcome to the Arca Ingenium branch of the Excavation Guild.”
Shigechi SS
“I’ve come to submit the fourth excavation report for KITAcore’s excavation raid.”
Terina Shadow
“This time it’s KITAcore, is it?
Oh, it seems they aren’t on the list of those to be excavated?”
Shigechi SS
“They aren’t on the list, but as a project owner, they declared that they would be excavated.”
Terina Shadow
“I see, then that’s no problem.
Let’s take a look at the excavation report right away.”
📃Excavation Report
1️⃣Report Overview
The person being excavated this time is KITAcore.
Their current activities are known for
publishing Python tools, utilizing generative AI (prompt design, AI art, Suno, Claude), note operation hacks, AI image generation, short experimental articles, and meta-thinking logs
as well.
※"Meta-thinking" refers to
a way of thinking that considers things from a bird's-eye view. It can also be called a way of thinking from outside of things.
However, when I dug into the early to mid-term articles (September 2025 to February 2026),
it turned out that the raw gem of "turning small discomforts and failures in practical work into humor and experiments" was already fully in motion
appeared.
2️⃣Original Article
The excavation article for this time is here.
The excavation article for this time is here (3-part set).
[Part 1] Can generative AI become a "lover in charge of intellectual property"? A guide to interpreting patent documents back into Japanese #49
Publication date: September 22, 2025
[2nd Article] The Junior Who Tackled an Exhibition with a 'Box' of Business Cards: Reiwa Newcomer's Mysterious Frugality Tips #51
Published: September 24, 2025
[3rd Article] [383-Character Experiment] I Want to Hack the Note Algorithm. #277
Published: March 1, 2026
3️⃣ Why I Dug Up This Article
KITAcore is known for their current style, which is full of playfulness, featuring 'AI Art,' 'Claude Utilization,' and 'Experiment Logs.'
However, when following the timeline,
As of September 2025: Started with seemingly limited professional/practical topics like 'Intellectual Property x AI' and 'Workplace Daily Life x New Generation.'
February 2026: Shifted to the meta-layer of 'Note algorithm experiments,' which is the verification of how Note works.
Within that visible change from 'professionalism to playfulness,' is there actuallyan axis of 'experiment x humor' running through it from the beginning?
I wanted to confirm that raw gem.
※ Note
Actually, it's just an article requested by KITAcore themselves.
That wouldn't be interesting, so I've posted the original draft provided by AI almost exactly as is.
However, even if it's not the reason I dug it up, the content is valid.
4️⃣ What I Found at the Excavation Site
[From the 1st Article: The Power to Personify Generative AI as a 'Lover']
<Overview of this article>
An area that should have been 'cold and difficult practical work'—reading patent documents in the intellectual property department.
Here,they incorporate both entertainment value and accuracy.
✅ Entertainment Value
Metaphorically describing the difficulty of patent documents as 'spells from another world' or 'weapons for a cold-blooded courtroom battle.'
As a support role for that difficulty, they personify generative AI asa 'lover in charge of intellectual property'.
By providing concrete examples of this support, they argue for the legitimacy of moving from 'AI is a tool' to 'personifying it as a lover.'
Presenting the possibility of developing from 'lover to life partner.'
It summarizes things for me.
It helps me with prior art searches.
It performs PEST analysis.
It searches for gaps in rights together with me.
It gently stays by my side.
✅Accuracy:A warning as a practical memo
"Hallucinations will appear"
"Final judgment is the human's responsibility" "It is always the human who decides what to adopt in the end"
This dual-structured way of speaking about entertainment and accuracy. This serves as the foundation for simply conveying complex AI utilization stories later on.
[From the 2nd article: An observational eye that turns the awkwardness of daily workplace life into laughter]
<Overview of this article>
An episode where Takeshi, a first-year junior, brings his business cards in the "flimsy box with a label delivered from the business card shop" itself. KITAcore depicted this scene, which at first glance looks like just "a rookie's breach of etiquette," as a story full of humor.
The power to turn the awkwardness of generational intersection itself into laughter is clear. For example, the following expression:
Playing with Takeshi's sophistry as "Gen Z's eccentric theory." "Isn't there no point in buying a case? It's SDG!"
The flow of being "logically defeated" by the same generation in a group chat.
The lesson at the end that "a box is a box, and business is for cases."
The style of waiting for a retort from the reader, like "This isn't fiction, is it?" in an afterword, hints at a Kansai-like personality. This might be the origin of the current Kansai-dialect style.
[From the 3rd article: Playfulness that uses the note algorithm as a test subject]
<Overview of this article>
In a super-short text of only 383 characters, he declared an experiment to verify the rumor that "read completion rate affects recommendations (recommended display)" on note. He called on readers to comment with only a period, intentionally increasing the density of engagement (reactions to view count).
✅Simplification of verification
A "perfect short text" composed using the PREP method. The perfection of that short text itself serves as a "question to the note algorithm (recommendation system)."
✅Interest in and ideas for the verification target
This idea of using the platform's rules themselves as an experimental subject is a boldness not seen in Shigechi SS or Nenkoro-san.
✅At this point, the establishment of humor at almost the same level as the present
Playing with the algorithm by saying "I want to make it bug out" with the Kansai-dialect vibe of "You are a god!!"
At this point, the framework of "the specialized field of intellectual property" has been completely removed, and they are using the note platform, human psychology, and information design as a playground.
[The raw gems common to all three articles]
Experiment/Log-oriented: A stance of "leaving a record of the results of trying things out." Whether it's using AI for IP, anecdotes about juniors, or algorithm experiments, everything is expressed exactly as it happened in the field.
Kansai dialect + self-deprecation/humor: A lighthearted way of speaking with phrases like "wai" (I), "hona mata" (see you later), and "anta wa kami ya" (you're a god). A sense of approachability runs through the entire piece.
Skill in personification and metaphor: The ability to transform abstract things into stories and characters, such as treating AI as a "lover," a new employee's sense of discomfort as "generational theory," and algorithms as "objects to be bugged."
Coexistence of practical work and play: A balance that incorporates professional points of caution (hallucinations/responsibility, manners, platform specifications) without sacrificing entertainment value.
5️⃣ What's interesting about this compared to now
[Points that have changed between then and now]
As of September 2025: Focused on "practical application of generative AI" and "observation of daily workplace life."
The scope of coverage seems limited to "intellectual property," "companies," and "the workplace."
From February 2026 onwards: Shifted to meta-experiments where "everything, including the mechanisms of note, is treated as an experimental subject."
Posting frequency has increased, and the scope of coverage has rapidly expanded to include AI art, Suno, Claude utilization, and short-form experiments.
At the same time, the article numbers jumped from #49 to #277, and the volume and boldness of the experiments are accelerating.
[Conversely, points that have not changed since the past]
The axis of "experiment x humor" is completely consistent.
The approach of "personifying AI as a lover" in September 2025 and the meta-play of "wanting to bug the algorithm" in February 2026 look different, but the essence is the same.
It is the idea of "re-examining something from a different angle and turning the process into laughter.".
Also, the "observational eye that values small discomforts in practical work" remains unchanged.
Whether it's the anecdote about the junior's business card box or the algorithm experiment,
"Oh, isn't this strange?" - that moment of catching something
is the starting point of the article.
That sense is also being utilized in the current "trial and error logs" for "AI art," "Suno," and "Claude utilization."
6️⃣ This wasn't a dark history, it was a raw gem
[Parts that are connected to current activities]
These three pieces are not merely 'past articles,' but rather the 'basic blueprint' for current activities themselves.
The first piece, 'The perspective of treating AI not as a tool but as a being with a relationship,' is directly linked to the current 'dialogue with AI' stance in 'Claude utilization' and 'prompt design'.
The second piece, 'The observational eye that turns small daily discomforts and failures into laughter,' supports the sense of being a relatable log player.
It doesn't end with just the experiment; the perspective of 'the person who was there' is always included.The third piece, 'The playfulness of using algorithms and platforms as a test bench,' contains almost all the origins of the current 'note operation hacks' and 'short experimental articles'.
In other words, the spirit of the experiment log—'create, break, and rebuild'—was already fully in motion as of September 2025.
[The charm and the heat of that time felt while reading]
What comes across strongly while reading these three pieces is 'the power to turn a boring reality into a question'.
Difficult literature on intellectual property, rude manners of a newcomer, platform rules.
All of these would normally be brushed off in daily life with a feeling of 'this is annoying' or 'this is troublesome'.
Instead, the author stops and thinks, 'Oh, isn't this interesting?', turns it into a metaphor, and turns it into an experiment.
That 'stance of valuing the feeling of being snagged' runs through all three pieces.
At the same time, there is that dual perspective that balances Kansai-dialect humor with practical accuracy.
By balancing entertainment and accuracy, it is visible that the author already possessed the 'rare power to convey difficult things in a way that is not difficult'.
7️⃣ Excavation Results
Summarizing the personality seen from these three pieces in one word:
'Turning small daily discomforts and failures into questions, and playing with humor and experiments'—that axis naturally expanded from the seemingly limited professional field of intellectual property to AI art and platform experiments.
In other words, it is not an expansion of the defensive range, but a consistency in 'how to look at things'.
The three initial articles are by no means 'articles left behind in the past,' but rather show the 'prototype of the current experiment log spirit'.
Starting with the question 'Is generative AI a lover?', turning the trivial discomfort of a 'newcomer's business card box' into laughter, and then using the note algorithm itself as a test bench—within that series of flows, 'a single line that re-examines something from a different angle and shares that surprise' can be drawn.
Behind KITAcore, who currently creates AI art, experiments with music on Suno, and dialogues with Claude, lies this unchanging axis of 'experiment x humor'.
In other words, both now and in the past, KITAcore is a person of the experiment log who 'creates, breaks, and rebuilds'.
End
Terina Shadow
'I see. If we compare the four people so far, it looks something like this.'
Shigechi SS
Purpose-first type ('what to do' is clear from the beginning)Nenkoro-san
Flow-based (An unexpected shift that started from a diary)HONO-san
Design-based (A veteran's perfect three pillars)KITAcore-san
Perspective-based(The scope of coverage expands through consistency in "how to look at things")
Terina Shadow
"In KITAcore-san's case,
Intellectual Property -> Workplace Daily Life -> Algorithm Experiments
even with such superficial domain expansion, it emerges that the core is penetrated by the axis of "turning daily discomfort into 'questions'."In other words, this is the type where "how you look at things" remains unchanged, rather than "what you deal with."It's quite interesting when you compare them.
I will accept this report as is. I look forward to the next one."
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