WriterOfMinds (she)
@writerofminds.bsky.social
Loving author of Acuitas the symbolic AI and other robots-in-progress. Aspiring fiction writer, video game appreciator. Satellite electronics are my day job.
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Acuitas Diary #87 (August 2025, Allergic Cliffs demo)
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
Acuitas plays my textual version of Logical Journey of the Zoombinis: Allergic Cliffs! The demo is out! This puzzle showcases induction of cause-and-effect rules. writerofminds.blogspot.com/2025/08/acui...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbot #NLP
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbot #NLP
I finally review the other Steve Grand book, "Creation," which is about how he made his video game Creatures. Unlike Lucy, this project got finished, so it's more resolved and less speculative. The book still ends up in very philosophical territory.
#books #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialLife
#books #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialLife
Book Review: "Creation: Life and How to Make It"
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I finally review the other Steve Grand book, "Creation," which is about how he made his video game Creatures. Unlike Lucy, this project got finished, so it's more resolved and less speculative. The book still ends up in very philosophical territory.
#books #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialLife
#books #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialLife
I took apart an old tachometer and got the needle movement I wanted for the high-precision scale. It's a delicate little device.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I took apart an old tachometer and got the needle movement I wanted for the high-precision scale. It's a delicate little device.
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Wild Bees USA/CAN 3D Printing Fundraiser
Wild Bees USA/CAN is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the owner of the print farm. Donate here: wildbees.us?page_id=2771
Wild Bees USA/CAN is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the owner of the print farm. Donate here: wildbees.us?page_id=2771
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Wild Bees USA/CAN 3D Printing Fundraiser
Wild Bees USA/CAN is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the owner of the print farm. Donate here: wildbees.us?page_id=2771
Wild Bees USA/CAN is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the owner of the print farm. Donate here: wildbees.us?page_id=2771
I love it when people make my designs, I love it so much. This looks like a beautiful print too. #3dPrinting www.thingiverse.com/make:1243487
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November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love it when people make my designs, I love it so much. This looks like a beautiful print too. #3dPrinting www.thingiverse.com/make:1243487
Finished early, a little Christmas gift for my adopted brother, as a tribute to one of his old cars. (He is not on this site and won't see it.) Model is "Foldable Pontiac Firebird Trans AM 1982" by GOODesign on Fab365, printed and painted by me. #3dPrinting
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Finished early, a little Christmas gift for my adopted brother, as a tribute to one of his old cars. (He is not on this site and won't see it.) Model is "Foldable Pontiac Firebird Trans AM 1982" by GOODesign on Fab365, printed and painted by me. #3dPrinting
Carrot harvest round 2! I got a full five pounds this time. They couldn't get long because the bed wasn't very deep, so some of them decided to get *wide* ahahaha #gardening 🌱
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Carrot harvest round 2! I got a full five pounds this time. They couldn't get long because the bed wasn't very deep, so some of them decided to get *wide* ahahaha #gardening 🌱
In Acuitas news, I dust off episodic memory and try to unify it with the more recently developed narrative architectures. These open new possibilities for methods of summarizing, characterizing significance, and selectively forgetting memories. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NLP #chatbots #SymbolicAI
Acuitas Diary #89 (October 2025)
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In Acuitas news, I dust off episodic memory and try to unify it with the more recently developed narrative architectures. These open new possibilities for methods of summarizing, characterizing significance, and selectively forgetting memories. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #NLP #chatbots #SymbolicAI
I've given someone else the "fluid bladders as actuators" bug. :)
And then in the process of setting it up to film a video I pushed it too far and popped it. I tried to reseal it with a soldering iron, which worked, and then I pushed it to far again.
blah, here is what I got for it.
(room for improvement)
blah, here is what I got for it.
(room for improvement)
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I've given someone else the "fluid bladders as actuators" bug. :)
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WildBees USA/CAN 3D Printing Support Fundraiser
WildBees USA/Can is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the print farm. Each contribution goes toward materials, maintenance, and expanding capacity.
Donate Below!
wildbees.us?page_id=2771
WildBees USA/Can is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the print farm. Each contribution goes toward materials, maintenance, and expanding capacity.
Donate Below!
wildbees.us?page_id=2771
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
WildBees USA/CAN 3D Printing Support Fundraiser
WildBees USA/Can is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the print farm. Each contribution goes toward materials, maintenance, and expanding capacity.
Donate Below!
wildbees.us?page_id=2771
WildBees USA/Can is fundraising to support 3D Printing right in Ukraine. 100% of all donations go directly to the print farm. Each contribution goes toward materials, maintenance, and expanding capacity.
Donate Below!
wildbees.us?page_id=2771
Potato harvest round 2 (from the tires)! Got another 4.8 pounds to add to the late-summer harvest from the other beds, which pushes my total for this year over 11 lb. Some nice big ones in there too. #gardening 🌱
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Potato harvest round 2 (from the tires)! Got another 4.8 pounds to add to the late-summer harvest from the other beds, which pushes my total for this year over 11 lb. Some nice big ones in there too. #gardening 🌱
First time I've printed silk PLA, and it was, uh, a learning experience. The lowest recommended temp is 190, but I have to print it at 175-180 to control the strings. Makes me wonder if my hotend temperature is off.
October 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
First time I've printed silk PLA, and it was, uh, a learning experience. The lowest recommended temp is 190, but I have to print it at 175-180 to control the strings. Makes me wonder if my hotend temperature is off.
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I took a stab at comet Lemmon, currently in the neighborhood, though I don't have the equipment (and especially skill!) to do it justice.
I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best astronomers in the world, and I'm continuously humbled by what they can achieve with a handful of photons.✨
I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best astronomers in the world, and I'm continuously humbled by what they can achieve with a handful of photons.✨
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I took a stab at comet Lemmon, currently in the neighborhood, though I don't have the equipment (and especially skill!) to do it justice.
I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best astronomers in the world, and I'm continuously humbled by what they can achieve with a handful of photons.✨
I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best astronomers in the world, and I'm continuously humbled by what they can achieve with a handful of photons.✨
Read: "Lord Jim" (Joseph Conrad). This is the first Conrad novel I've read. It's an extended character sketch of a young sailor who loses his sense of honor through a personal failure, then simply can't get over it - the event rules the rest of his life.
October 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Read: "Lord Jim" (Joseph Conrad). This is the first Conrad novel I've read. It's an extended character sketch of a young sailor who loses his sense of honor through a personal failure, then simply can't get over it - the event rules the rest of his life.
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We are ✨THRILLED✨ to announce that our fully-remastered version of Myst is now available alongside one of our favorite new puzzle games, Blue Prince!
Get BOTH for 15% off, in the 🟥Red & Blue🟦Bundle, for a limited time!
👇👇👇 Available NOW on Steam:
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Get BOTH for 15% off, in the 🟥Red & Blue🟦Bundle, for a limited time!
👇👇👇 Available NOW on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/60625/
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are ✨THRILLED✨ to announce that our fully-remastered version of Myst is now available alongside one of our favorite new puzzle games, Blue Prince!
Get BOTH for 15% off, in the 🟥Red & Blue🟦Bundle, for a limited time!
👇👇👇 Available NOW on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/60625/
Get BOTH for 15% off, in the 🟥Red & Blue🟦Bundle, for a limited time!
👇👇👇 Available NOW on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/60625/
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ZoeTheRobot
@zoetherobot.bsky.social
The main parts in my robot, and how they are connected.
The two Arduinos run their little loops collecting sensor data and then sending it to the mini PC over the USB cable. The PC is running SQL server and a custom built chat bot.
@zoetherobot.bsky.social
The main parts in my robot, and how they are connected.
The two Arduinos run their little loops collecting sensor data and then sending it to the mini PC over the USB cable. The PC is running SQL server and a custom built chat bot.
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ZoeTheRobot
@zoetherobot.bsky.social
The main parts in my robot, and how they are connected.
The two Arduinos run their little loops collecting sensor data and then sending it to the mini PC over the USB cable. The PC is running SQL server and a custom built chat bot.
@zoetherobot.bsky.social
The main parts in my robot, and how they are connected.
The two Arduinos run their little loops collecting sensor data and then sending it to the mini PC over the USB cable. The PC is running SQL server and a custom built chat bot.
I decided to make some of the "text adventure" games I've been using with Acuitas (specifically, the Zoombinis-inspired ones) publicly available, just in case anyone else finds them interesting as a benchmark. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbots #NLP #SymbolicAI
Zoombinis Text Adventure Games Release
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I decided to make some of the "text adventure" games I've been using with Acuitas (specifically, the Zoombinis-inspired ones) publicly available, just in case anyone else finds them interesting as a benchmark. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbots #NLP #SymbolicAI
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FEETS! 🥰
October 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
FEETS! 🥰
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Beautiful, spooky wings of the "Halloween Pennant" dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) 🎃
seen near water - June, July - NE OK
seen near water - June, July - NE OK
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Beautiful, spooky wings of the "Halloween Pennant" dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) 🎃
seen near water - June, July - NE OK
seen near water - June, July - NE OK
Acuitas' Text Parser can finally (in theory) handle all the grammatical structures in the test sets!
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP #NLU #symbolicAI
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP #NLU #symbolicAI
Acuitas Diary #88 (September 2025)
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Acuitas' Text Parser can finally (in theory) handle all the grammatical structures in the test sets!
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP #NLU #symbolicAI
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP #NLU #symbolicAI
I realize I've been quiet lately. Dealing with a significant life event and haven't felt like saying much. Please enjoy this tiny friend I met in my bathroom. #spider
September 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I realize I've been quiet lately. Dealing with a significant life event and haven't felt like saying much. Please enjoy this tiny friend I met in my bathroom. #spider
When my cat is being dramatic about taking medicine, seeing neighbor cats, or wanting to go in the garage right now, I say "You're okay, tiger bean" in a dorky voice. Now my inner monologue has started saying it to ME when I get worked up about nothing.
It does the dorky voice too. What have I done
It does the dorky voice too. What have I done
September 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When my cat is being dramatic about taking medicine, seeing neighbor cats, or wanting to go in the garage right now, I say "You're okay, tiger bean" in a dorky voice. Now my inner monologue has started saying it to ME when I get worked up about nothing.
It does the dorky voice too. What have I done
It does the dorky voice too. What have I done
A rollup of all the hydraulics R&D I've been doing over the past few months. Components for future robotics work are looking good! #robotics #hydraulics #3dPrinting
Hydraulic Heaven?
Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.
writerofminds.blogspot.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A rollup of all the hydraulics R&D I've been doing over the past few months. Components for future robotics work are looking good! #robotics #hydraulics #3dPrinting
I went to a bunch of effort to port the eyeball's OpenCV-based software from Python to C++, and got no significant performance improvement! Both versions can only handle about 1 fps. If that's how it's gonna be, I might as well do Python and save myself some grief. #robotics #computerVision #openCV
September 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I went to a bunch of effort to port the eyeball's OpenCV-based software from Python to C++, and got no significant performance improvement! Both versions can only handle about 1 fps. If that's how it's gonna be, I might as well do Python and save myself some grief. #robotics #computerVision #openCV
Year's first potato harvest! My other batch in the tires are still green and growing, so I'll be harvesting them later. I got about 6.7 pounds in this first phase. #gardening #potatoes 🌱
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Year's first potato harvest! My other batch in the tires are still green and growing, so I'll be harvesting them later. I got about 6.7 pounds in this first phase. #gardening #potatoes 🌱
Finally got on the Blue Prince bandwagon and I have no regrets.
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Finally got on the Blue Prince bandwagon and I have no regrets.