Claude Can Jailbreak Anything You Own (7 Insane Use Cases)
What this video is
⚡ a 28-minute video, readable in 60 secondsThe video argues that despite viral claims AI is flooding the internet with 'slop,' high-agency users are actually using AI to remove slop from devices and workflows they already own. The creator walks through roughly seven examples: vibe coding bloatware out of TVs and Kindles, using AI to generate custom video B-roll and edit out tangents, letting AI agents filter email and social feeds, swapping single-purpose apps for AI agents, and building lightweight internal software instead of relying on bloated apps like Notion. Several named creators (Gathin, Simba, Adrian, Leon Lin, Nick Dobos, Riley Brown) are cited with specific results, including measurable RAM/speed gains on a hacked TV and view counts on viral tweets. The piece closes by applying the same 'cut the slop' logic to the creator's own video editing and internal tools, including an app he built himself.
[00:09] Gathin gave Claude Code his parents' TV model number; it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages, and built a new launcher that looks like Apple TV
Key takeaways
- [00:34] Simba vibe coded his TV with Claude, stripping bloatware and ads and rebuilding the OS, for about 70% less RAM usage and a 3x faster interface than stock Xiaomi TV OS
- [02:02] Large TVs have dropped drastically in price over the last decade because they're sold at a loss, with manufacturers profiting on the backend via ads and data collection
- [03:32] Adrian connected a Kindle over USB and had Claude Code jailbreak it, removing Amazon bloat and adding Tailscale; the tweet drew 706K views
- [03:55] Adrian's Kindle jailbreak is utilitarian: saved articles sync from ReadDeck to his home server and then to the Kindle
+ 25 more takeaways
- [04:16] kindlemodding.org teaches people how to jailbreak their Kindle
- [05:29] He added Meta's Muse AI agent to a modded Mod Retro device, turning a Game Boy into an AI agent
- [06:30] Revolut's built-in AI automatically matches receipts and transactions and categorizes expenses
- [06:45] His agents pipe Revolut Business spending alerts into a Slack channel via the Revolut Business API
- [07:43] An AI-built video intro was delivered as a 14.6MB motion-graphics file, made in one shot using Claude Code and Blender
- [08:14] A tweet from LeonLin showed a Claude mascot animation made with Opus 5.5 and Ultracode, captioned 'You can really build anything now'
- [09:22] Leon Lin's prompt ran on UltraCode for about 12 hours to produce a one-minute animated video of Claude's mascot Clawd from recreated online SVG assets; the tweet logged 8,874 views
- [09:38] The prompt explicitly told the AI not to create slop, using only free professional sounds and assets with no fonts or text
- [10:29] Cleo Abram's channel, which uses a full team of animators for custom graphics, reportedly makes her millions of dollars
- [11:18] Nick Dobos does one inbox-zero sweep per week after his AI agent has already cleaned 99% of his email
- [11:50] Dobos's example prompt told Claude to archive obvious spam from the past two weeks, which the host says took less than two minutes
- [14:06] GrokBot reported finding 12 Claude-made videos in the user's bookmarks and likes since Opus 5.5 launched on Sep 22
- [15:16] Riley's Muse automation logs new followers to a spreadsheet and flags people worth hiring or pitching AI agent consulting to
- [15:37] The same automation also flags anyone who follows him with over 10,000 followers
- [17:13] CalAI, a roughly $50-a-year app that logs calories from food photos, is cited as an example app an agent could replace
- [17:48] Asked to replace CalAI, GrokBot confirmed it would report calories immediately, log them in a spreadsheet, and track a running daily total
- [18:05] AI agents remove retention tactics and paywalls, like CapCut's $7.99-a-week upsell prompts
- [19:26] He prompts Claude Code to analyze a recent video's transcript and flag every part that could be cut as slop or a tangent
- [21:16] An AI editing analysis of his 26:13 video 'Gemini 4 is HERE... But Fable 5.5 Is TERRIFYING' suggested about 9 minutes of cuts based on captions and the retention curve
- [21:42] He built an app called NativeNote using Opus 5.5 in about three hours, combining features from Notion, MyMind, and Typefully
- [22:06] For his Anthropic IPO video, Claude transcribed and cut his take from 3.5 minutes down to 2:21
- [23:44] His YouTube channel had 302K subscribers (+3K that week) and 16.3M channel views (+728K that week)
- [24:34] He says he only uses 5% of Notion's features, which is why he builds custom software instead of relying on bloated external apps
- Revolut Business 'Transactions' dashboard for account 'Riley Brown Media', listing a scrollable transaction table on the left and a detail panel for a selected Target purchase of -$155.
- I've put in my link and QR code here if you want to do the same with a $200 welcome bonus when you add money to your new account.
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