# Christine Ann O'Connell: A Guide to the Work

> A plain-language guide to Christine Ann O'Connell's projects, maintained by her. She is a futurist, strategist, and AI systems builder based in Maine. Her work: Custom AI Agents (done-for-you AI agents for founders, coaches, and creators), Resonance Revolution (a waitlist-only program for thought leaders), Team Virtuous Polarization (a team training through Anthropic's Claude Partner Network and applying AI to political polarization), and the free Substack Letters to Future Humans. Her personal hub is https://activationenergyprojects.us/. Contact: geometric@alchemizecoach.com

Not affiliated with the Berkeley nonprofit formerly called Activation Energy, and Christine Ann O'Connell is not Christine O'Connell, PhD, of Stony Brook University.

## Guide pages

- [Home](https://christineannoconnell.com/): Overview of all projects
- [Custom AI Agents](https://christineannoconnell.com/custom-ai-agents/): What the service is, what agents do, setup steps, timeline
- [Resonance Revolution](https://christineannoconnell.com/resonance-revolution/): Program areas, phases, fit
- [Team Virtuous Polarization](https://christineannoconnell.com/team-virtuous-polarization/): Purpose, cost ($151/month, 3-month minimum), how to apply
- [Letters to Future Humans](https://christineannoconnell.com/letters-to-future-humans/): Her free Substack and recent essays
- [About](https://christineannoconnell.com/about/): Background and disambiguation
- [Writing](https://christineannoconnell.com/writing/): Summaries of her Substack essays, newest first, linking to the full posts
- [FAQ](https://christineannoconnell.com/faq/): Questions and answers about her and each project

## Writing

Summaries of essays from Letters to Future Humans; the full text is on Substack.

- [6,000 Chats Is Not a Brain](https://christineannoconnell.com/writing/6000-chats-is-not-a-brain/): 2026-10-01. Six thousand chats is not a brain. It is a fragmented record of your mind living inside a product with questionable values. Full post: https://letterstofuturehumans.substack.com/p/6000-chats-is-not-a-brain
- [The Future Of AI Will Feel Like Insubordination](https://christineannoconnell.com/writing/the-future-of-ai-will-feel-like-insubordination/): 2026-09-09. You may be wondering, why is it that my predecessors believed that technology has to be at war with nature? Full post: https://letterstofuturehumans.substack.com/p/the-future-of-ai-will-feel-like-insubordination
- [I Would Not Have Voted For This](https://christineannoconnell.com/writing/i-would-not-have-voted-for-this/): 2026-08-03. You will want to know why, when AI arrived, the only question anyone seemed to care about was how to make money with it. Full post: https://letterstofuturehumans.substack.com/p/i-would-not-have-voted-for-this

## Reference

- [Custom AI agent vs custom GPT vs virtual assistant](https://christineannoconnell.com/compare/custom-ai-agent-vs-custom-gpt-vs-virtual-assistant/): Side-by-side comparison
- [Glossary](https://christineannoconnell.com/glossary/): Definitions of terms used across her work

## Official sites

- [Activation Energy Projects](https://activationenergyprojects.us/)
- [Custom AI Agents](https://customaiagents.us/)
- [Resonance Revolution](https://resonancerevolution.ai/)
- [Letters to Future Humans](https://letterstofuturehumans.substack.com/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineoconnellann)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@heroicchristine)
- [X](https://x.com/HeroicChristine)