I use this space to test where AI can genuinely improve research, trade, operations and decision-making — and to separate useful capability from impressive demos.
The first working AI Lab tool is available to use now.
Describe a China supplier or sourcing situation. The guide asks only for details that can change the advice, then gives practical next steps and a message you can send.
Each planned tool needs a clear job before it earns a place here.
Explain quote lines in plain language, surface likely exclusions and make comparisons easier to understand.
Break down a repetitive workflow and identify where simplification, automation or AI could remove friction.
Turn a sourcing requirement into clearer supplier questions before price becomes the only discussion.
Help a reader understand the purpose and structure of a freight or trade document while keeping human judgment visible.
Turn a useful idea from a book into a practical action, checklist or decision framework.
Use the site’s own material as context for finding, understanding and applying what is already here.
Areas to investigate as the Lab develops. Product reviews and tested recommendations will come later.
The Lab should stay useful even when AI trends change quickly.
AI should have a specific role. If the user cannot understand why it is there, it probably should not be there.
Useful experiments should make uncertainty and human judgment visible instead of pretending AI is always right.
An experiment stays only if it saves time, improves clarity, helps a decision or makes something meaningfully easier.
AI is one part of shiran.io. Articles, tools and practical resources remain the foundation.