INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT
This is “ChatGPT and the Human Resistance,” Lesson 2326, meaning February 3, 2026.
This lesson is wrapped into the Dusoma Foundation February newsletter, our first newsletter of the year. It is an update on what we are doing that is different and what remains the same from 2025, across technology, activism, the nonprofit, the for-profit S-corp, and the technology arm, and how it all fits together into a larger plan.
We have been working with the Marla AI model using four pillars: money, power, justice, and fame. These four ideas capture much of what we are working on, advocating for, and trying to understand as we move into uncharted territory without all the answers.
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MONEY AND FUNDING REALITY
Starting with money: funding continues to be a problem. Even if we had been successful in fundraising, conditions are difficult for everyone, and money would still be an issue.
One major change is that we are no longer positioning ourselves as successful or funded in order to gain buy-in. That approach feels misleading and unhelpful, especially to the people we are trying to support. Pretending everything is solved does not reflect reality.
Project 2026 is a deliberate reference to Project 2025. Technology and politics are connected, and with 2025 behind us, the question is what the playbook looks like now.
A review of the Dusoma Foundation in 2025 will be published separately as a blog post.
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ONGOING PROJECTS AND STRUCTURE
What continues into 2026 includes Taza Impact, the fashion house, film projects, and Starve Magazine for content.
The technology arm remains Marla AI, which serves as the overarching theme connecting everything.
This lesson is part of the ongoing class “ChatGPT and the Human Resistance.” On the Marla site, there is a growing training section. Early material focused on practical uses of ChatGPT, such as seventy different use cases. Over time, the content shifts toward safety, ethics, and systemic concerns.
Viewers are encouraged to watch the material from top to bottom to see that progression.
We reference past Dusoma Foundation content carefully, avoiding the impression that we were successfully funding people when support was limited. Transparency matters.
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FIND YOUR FIRE AND FOCUS
The core idea we continue to emphasize is “find your fire.”
We are sharing our plan as a way to model how to stay focused and grounded in a chaotic moment. This includes developing a workbook to help others think through priorities, organization, and direction.
For us, “find your fire” centers on arts, culture, and technology together.
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TECHNOLOGY DEMOS AND PRACTICAL TOOLS
A separate demo video covers the Colorado small claims AI PDF-filling tool. Around three minutes into the demo, the system successfully populates a PDF.
There is an irony here: the goal was to change the world, and what emerged was a fillable PDF. That is also a meaningful outcome.
This work fits into the broader Marla AI framework of money, power, justice, and fame.
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GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR 2026
Key goals include supporting queer refugees in East Africa and maintaining strong ties to queer communities in the United States, especially in the West.
Ethical data collection remains central.
The Magic Rainbow Butterfly Spyphone began as an emergency phone concept for East Africa, but we are realizing it is also needed domestically.
Another 2026 initiative is the Pitchfork Party. Despite the name, it is not a political party. It is a knowledge document focused on issues that sixty percent or more of Americans agree on, helping people focus on shared priorities.
This work grew out of the Santa Fe election project. That experience was powerful enough that we paused and shifted focus to the midterms.
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AI, ELECTIONS, AND VOTER EDUCATION
When AI and elections are mentioned, people panic. To be clear: ChatGPT is not being used to run elections.
The work involves creating a knowledge document. The process is very human: asking politicians where they stand, having them complete a fifty-question multiple-choice survey, and providing clarity to voters.
This is about voter education, not persuasion. The goal is not to tell people how to vote, but to help them identify candidates they align with, especially in races with hundreds of candidates.
Shared principles explored through the Pitchfork Party include accessible water, co-prosperity across healthcare, democracy, education, infrastructure, freedom of speech, and evolving attitudes toward AI.
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SOFTWARE, VIBE CODING, AND LABOR
These political and ethical questions connect directly to what is happening in software development.
Generated code and so-called vibe coding are changing how software is built. Platforms like Upwork now charge people just to apply for jobs. Software may be dramatically faster to produce, though it is not fully there yet.
We are testing these tools, running workshops, offering training, and advocating for labor protections and union alignment. A separate video will focus entirely on this topic.
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ENSHITTIFICATION AND DESIGN VALUES
A new addition to the curriculum is Cory Doctorow’s book “Enshittification.”
An earlier essay titled “The Fabric of the Tech Universe Is Ripping” described how digital systems were degrading. This book articulated that reality powerfully and publicly.
We are building on that work, including discussions on Reddit, and applying it to our own software design. Tools like the PDF filler are designed to be free, require no login, and avoid data extraction.
Excessive monetization degrades tools and excludes people who need them most. Software that costs twenty to one hundred dollars a month, requires logins, and tracks users cannot realistically help people accessing SNAP or veteran benefits.
Marla AI is intentionally designed against that pattern. The correct URL is mara-ai.ai.
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MONEY, POWER, JUSTICE, FAME FRAMEWORK
Money includes fundraising realities, grants, job security, and the nonprofit landscape.
We have long described our technology vision as “never-for-profit,” distinguishing it from organizations that are nonprofit in name but profit-driven in practice.
Power focuses on the midterm elections and the growing targeting of gender- and trans-related funding. This makes the work urgent and aligned with our values.
Justice covers laws, activism, legal representation, and the evolving realities of legal technology. Initial excitement has shifted toward serious concern.
Justice also includes systemic questions: why insurers can deny life-saving care, why powerful foundations face no accountability, and why systems resist change.
In the interest of transparency, there is an active legal case, publicly listed and accessible.
Fame remains connected to fashion, film, and fiction. This includes Taza Impact Fashion House, the documentary “Before the Boats,” and early work on a new book project currently titled FC25.
Ethics in generative AI video creation continues to be a core concern.
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