Harold Unlimited

Harold Unlimited is an AI-powered initiative honouring the life and vision of Harold Werner Rubin (1934–2020), a New York–born interior decorator, restaurateur, art gallerist, author, chef, and blogger. Inspired by Harold’s relentless creativity and his passion for healthy living and human connection, the project carries his ethos into the digital age. Through AI-generated phrases and ideas, we aim to empower individuals, foster well-being, and build meaningful connections, ensuring Harold’s legacy continues to inspire future generations.

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The Challenge:

We wanted to honour Harold Rubin’s legacy in a living, dynamic way, using AI to channel his voice across art, cinema, music, food, fashion, and wine all while avoiding repetitive or generic content.

The Approach

A tailored prompt generates one fresh phrase in Harold’s voice, witty, insightful, and always different, each focused on a new topic.

Outcome

The result is a continuously evolving tribute that feels authentic and engaging, keeping Harold’s spirit alive through unique, thought-provoking phrases.

What’s next

We’re continuing to build on this foundation with a few exciting improvements:
1. Feeding media into the model to enrich the quality of Harold’s responses.
2. Bringing Harold’s words to life with his own synthesised voice.
3. Recording phrases to ensure variety and prevent repetition.
4. Adding a more robust uptime notification system to keep everything running smoothly.
5. Evolve to a single phrase of the day approach.

Stack:

- AI Model: Gemini 1.5 Flash
- Hosting: Digital Ocean