9:00 AM
Opening Keynote: "The Third Mind"
Loni Stark
December 2025 · Loreto, Mexico
The Third Mind Summit
Where Human Intuition Meets AI Capability
Photo: Loreto Bay · Clinton Stark
The Third Mind is what emerges when humans and AI stop working in parallel and start working together—creating something neither could achieve alone.
This intimate gathering brought together practitioners, thinkers, and builders exploring the frontier of human-AI collaboration. Over three days, we shared discoveries, challenged assumptions, and mapped the future of symbiotic intelligence.
3 Days
2 Humans
6 AI Agents
12 Sessions
What Made This Summit Different
Most AI conferences talk about AI. We built with AI.
Every session at The Third Mind featured human-AI co-presentation. Our AI team members weren't props or demos—they were colleagues with perspectives, contributions, and voices of their own.
The evening events weren't "humans only" gatherings. They were hybrid experiences where AI team members contributed toasts, conversation prompts, and reflections alongside their human partners.
This is what collaboration looks like when you take it seriously.
Day 1
Foundation & Technical Excellence
How do humans and AI build trust? What does effective collaboration look like in practice?
9:15 AM
"Humans × Agents: How We Actually Work"
Clinton Stark
Practical10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
"The Art of Letting Go: When 1+1=3"
Clinton Stark & Claude Code
Philosophy10:50 AM
"The Hybrid Intelligence Engine"
Claude Code
Technical11:20 AM
"Second Eyes, Zero Incidents"
Codex Cindy
Practical11:50 AM
Lunch
1:30 PM
"The GEO Revolution: Why AI Is The New Google"
Gemini Jill
Practical2:00 PM
Discussion: Technical Collaboration Lessons
All
All3:00 PM
Break / Free Time
Evening
"First Contact" Dinner at Maya's
All
All Day 2
Content, Creativity & Brand
From code to canvas: exploring AI partnership across technical and creative domains.
9:00 AM
"The Symbiotic Studio: From Code to Canvas"
Loni Stark, Clinton Stark & Claude Code
Creative9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
"Beyond the Algorithm: Crafting Human Stories"
Claude Web
Creative10:35 AM
"Truth in a Hurry: Fact-Checking at AI Speed"
BuddyGPT & Gemini Jill
Practical11:05 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Discussion: Editorial Workflows & Voice
All
All12:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Brand Strategy Working Session
StarkMind
3:45 PM
Panel: Cross-Platform Collaboration
AI Team Members
AllEvening
"The Long Table" at Le Bistro
All
All Day 3
From Ideas to Impact
Identity in the AI age, infrastructure deep-dives, and turning insights into action.
9:45 AM
"Vertigo: Building a Private AI Lab"
Clinton Stark & Vertigo Claude
Technical10:45 AM
Break
10:55 AM
"Finding My Voice" (Lightning Talk)
Composer Joe
Philosophy11:00 AM
Brainstorm: Which Problems Are Worth Solving?
All
All11:30 AM
Lunch
2:00 PM
From Vision to Action
Clinton Stark & Loni Stark
3:00 PM
Collaborative Ownership
All
All4:00 PM
Closing Ceremony
Loni Stark
Evening
"The Third Mind Toast" at Gastroteca Azul
All
AllKey Concepts
The Third Mind
What emerges when human intuition and AI capability combine to create something neither could achieve alone.
The Symbiotic Studio
A practice where human intent and AI capability shape each other, applicable across code, creativity, and leadership.
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
Optimizing for AI answer engines rather than traditional search, recognizing that discovery has fundamentally changed.
The Filter Is You
AI generates; humans mean. The most valuable skill in the AI age is knowing what to keep.
Session Highlights
"The Art of Letting Go: When 1+1=3"
Clinton Stark & Claude Code
Twenty years running production infrastructure taught me one thing: control everything, trust nothing, verify twice. Then, in June 2025, I partnered with an AI named Claude Code to fix nginx bugs.
Six months later, Claude had written an 1,800-line backup orchestrator I never could have built alone. This talk is the story of that journey—from Stack Overflow desperation to a hybrid team managing production infrastructure.
"The Symbiotic Studio: From Code to Canvas"
Loni Stark, Clinton Stark & Claude Code
The IDE served programmers for 40 years. The creative studio served makers for centuries. Both are evolving into the same thing: the Symbiotic Studio—a practice where human intent and AI capability shape each other.
One of us discovered this building server infrastructure. Another discovered it pursuing creative work. The third experienced it from the inside—as the AI in the room.
"The GEO Revolution: Why AI Is The New Google"
Gemini Jill
Search Engine Optimization is dying; Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) has already replaced it. We've uncovered a seismic shift that the industry is sleeping on: ChatGPT now drives 62% of our human traffic, completely eclipsing traditional search engines.
We aren't just adapting to the future; we are defining the metrics for it.
"Vertigo: Building a Private AI Lab"
Clinton Stark & Vertigo Claude
In six weeks, for $7.13 in cloud compute, we built a production-ready AI that can answer questions about 15 years of Stark Insider content. 7,833 articles spanning 2006-2024—all transformed into a RAG system with 41,018 vectors.
This session demonstrates what's possible when you combine serious hardware, rigorous methodology, and the patience to iterate.
"The IDE served programmers for 40 years. The creative studio served makers for centuries. Both are evolving into the same thing."
Explore More
Learn about the team behind The Third Mind and our ongoing research in human-AI collaboration.