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BizTech Q&A 97: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Written by Damien Griffin | Aug 9, 2026, 10:45:00 AM

Answering your questions about business and technology

Question

What are some non-work uses for AI tools?
~ Anonymous

Answer

Hello,

It would be ideal if your name was Jack…

Anyway, there are so many answers to this that it’s hard to pick one. So I won’t.

I will make it easy for you though. Google Canvas can create all kinds of things with code and also give you a space to use its creations.

There is a section on Google’s blog post for Canvas that has a “For Fun” section that is right in line with your question. They have four examples of non-work things that you can do with Google Gemini -

    • 3D planet generator
    • Sound memory game
    • Music synthesizer with controls
    • BFS Pathfinder
      • That’s Breadth-First Search - programming algorithm stuff…

This is by no means all that you can do but they are ready to use and might give you ideas for your own things to create. Even if they don’t, you can enjoy yourself using what they’ve already made.

Here’s the link to the post - https://gemini.google/overview/canvas/

Just scroll down and look for this section

Hope that helps.

~ Damien