CyclicalObsessive
@cyclicalobsessive.bsky.social
Robot Educator - the robots, not humans. Sim Fly LongEZ, Cabri G2, and ICON A5 in MSFS2020 MSFS2024, and XPlane12. Avid birder, biker, and jogger. Obsessed with my 2023 Prius Prime XSE. Amateur Advanced WB0ZJJ South Florida USA
But there was a time I thought about intentional personality
alanmcdonley.blogspot.com/2014/09/i-se...
alanmcdonley.blogspot.com/2014/09/i-se...
I Sense, Therefore I Feel Moody (Behavior Management in Robots)
(repub - original site went under.) I Sense, Therefore I Feel Moody June 30, 1999 Alan McDonley In "A Model for Mood-Based Robot Behav...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
But there was a time I thought about intentional personality
alanmcdonley.blogspot.com/2014/09/i-se...
alanmcdonley.blogspot.com/2014/09/i-se...
As soon as a robot has purposes, and actions, “synthetic personality” emerges. Personality should not be artificially programmed IMO.
One of my robots sometimes fails to properly dock, and I always find it nestled up against the nearby robot.
Apparent personality problem.
One of my robots sometimes fails to properly dock, and I always find it nestled up against the nearby robot.
Apparent personality problem.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
As soon as a robot has purposes, and actions, “synthetic personality” emerges. Personality should not be artificially programmed IMO.
One of my robots sometimes fails to properly dock, and I always find it nestled up against the nearby robot.
Apparent personality problem.
One of my robots sometimes fails to properly dock, and I always find it nestled up against the nearby robot.
Apparent personality problem.
> Explain to me
For me, my robots (Carl, Dave, and WaLI - Wall Follower Looking for Intelligence) need me. I can teach and "fix" them.
Humans? Very few think they need me; Most refuse to learn, and don't want my suggestions for a "fix".
Hard to be optimistic, but we can "commiserate"
For me, my robots (Carl, Dave, and WaLI - Wall Follower Looking for Intelligence) need me. I can teach and "fix" them.
Humans? Very few think they need me; Most refuse to learn, and don't want my suggestions for a "fix".
Hard to be optimistic, but we can "commiserate"
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
> Explain to me
For me, my robots (Carl, Dave, and WaLI - Wall Follower Looking for Intelligence) need me. I can teach and "fix" them.
Humans? Very few think they need me; Most refuse to learn, and don't want my suggestions for a "fix".
Hard to be optimistic, but we can "commiserate"
For me, my robots (Carl, Dave, and WaLI - Wall Follower Looking for Intelligence) need me. I can teach and "fix" them.
Humans? Very few think they need me; Most refuse to learn, and don't want my suggestions for a "fix".
Hard to be optimistic, but we can "commiserate"
In an ideal world, we would’nt need humans handling NTS traffic. Combine low power mesh radio, with passing packets via WiFi “mesh” gets NTS standardized traffic handled w/o Human transmission or human decodin…you said in an ideal world.
sat comm backs up cellular backs up fiber and NTS is for?
sat comm backs up cellular backs up fiber and NTS is for?
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In an ideal world, we would’nt need humans handling NTS traffic. Combine low power mesh radio, with passing packets via WiFi “mesh” gets NTS standardized traffic handled w/o Human transmission or human decodin…you said in an ideal world.
sat comm backs up cellular backs up fiber and NTS is for?
sat comm backs up cellular backs up fiber and NTS is for?
This is just so sad. The Create3 educational robot was the highest quality educational robot, with the most dedicated and qualified support team I have ever worked with in 47 years playing with robots.
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is just so sad. The Create3 educational robot was the highest quality educational robot, with the most dedicated and qualified support team I have ever worked with in 47 years playing with robots.
As a developer that rode on "the AI bandwagon" for some of my career (80's through 00's "reasoning"), I affirmed every word of "Elephants Don't Play Chess" and the Subsumption Architecture in building my home robots. I want to hear more from **you** on "I think"
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As a developer that rode on "the AI bandwagon" for some of my career (80's through 00's "reasoning"), I affirmed every word of "Elephants Don't Play Chess" and the Subsumption Architecture in building my home robots. I want to hear more from **you** on "I think"
Oh yes - we cannot make affordable cars, let alone true autonomous cars; Next we'll have the hype for autonomous flying vehicles ... that will surely solve all our transport problems.
October 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Oh yes - we cannot make affordable cars, let alone true autonomous cars; Next we'll have the hype for autonomous flying vehicles ... that will surely solve all our transport problems.
Do you have a sceamer? Most of our jays come quietly and leave us in peace. One, though, screams from six blocks away, screams from the trees, screams as he swoops down for a morsel, screams as he returns to the trees, and screams till he is beyond earshot.
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Do you have a sceamer? Most of our jays come quietly and leave us in peace. One, though, screams from six blocks away, screams from the trees, screams as he swoops down for a morsel, screams as he returns to the trees, and screams till he is beyond earshot.
Right on. I keep telling the tinyllama model to only respond with one sentence, and found it cannot count - chatty little thing.
I did "RTFM" and found it says "LLMs cannot count or perform numerical computations without external assistance.
I did "RTFM" and found it says "LLMs cannot count or perform numerical computations without external assistance.
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Right on. I keep telling the tinyllama model to only respond with one sentence, and found it cannot count - chatty little thing.
I did "RTFM" and found it says "LLMs cannot count or perform numerical computations without external assistance.
I did "RTFM" and found it says "LLMs cannot count or perform numerical computations without external assistance.
What is the difference between a LLM and the life changing iPhone? The iPhone exploded into our world as an immediately useful, immediately cost beneficial product.
The difference from the transistor? The transistor was a smaller, low cost form of an existing tech, the tube.
LLMs are neither.
The difference from the transistor? The transistor was a smaller, low cost form of an existing tech, the tube.
LLMs are neither.
October 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What is the difference between a LLM and the life changing iPhone? The iPhone exploded into our world as an immediately useful, immediately cost beneficial product.
The difference from the transistor? The transistor was a smaller, low cost form of an existing tech, the tube.
LLMs are neither.
The difference from the transistor? The transistor was a smaller, low cost form of an existing tech, the tube.
LLMs are neither.
How in the world could survive 35k hours of productive work without AI? Oh right, because it didn't need a LLM or NLU.
Great successful "life" as a usable robot.
Keep influencing the robotics culture. We need your philosophies to take root.
Great successful "life" as a usable robot.
Keep influencing the robotics culture. We need your philosophies to take root.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
How in the world could survive 35k hours of productive work without AI? Oh right, because it didn't need a LLM or NLU.
Great successful "life" as a usable robot.
Keep influencing the robotics culture. We need your philosophies to take root.
Great successful "life" as a usable robot.
Keep influencing the robotics culture. We need your philosophies to take root.
Don't know what version I had, but it was this Lionel loco. I had pellets to put in the stack to pump out white puffs of smoke as it scurried around and around my huge three rail track oval. (Huge by comparison to later HO scale layouts I invested in creating on a fold down 4x8 in my bedroom.)
September 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don't know what version I had, but it was this Lionel loco. I had pellets to put in the stack to pump out white puffs of smoke as it scurried around and around my huge three rail track oval. (Huge by comparison to later HO scale layouts I invested in creating on a fold down 4x8 in my bedroom.)
Technology and safety aside, I do not foresee there ever being a positive benefit:cost ratio for humanoid robots in the home.
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Technology and safety aside, I do not foresee there ever being a positive benefit:cost ratio for humanoid robots in the home.
Oven birds exhibit a strong emotional response that I cannot explain. 1 vote for ovenbirds.
September 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Oven birds exhibit a strong emotional response that I cannot explain. 1 vote for ovenbirds.
Really cool.
Can the same be done for continuous rotation servos?
Can the same be done for continuous rotation servos?
September 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Really cool.
Can the same be done for continuous rotation servos?
Can the same be done for continuous rotation servos?
> Charmingly Offensive Adult Blue Jay
Indeed charming, but offensive screamer, offensive thief, with annoyingly whiney young following them around. I thank them when they alert to a cat, hawk, or owl, but one (offense) cancels ten (charms) most days.
Beautiful (silent) photo.
Indeed charming, but offensive screamer, offensive thief, with annoyingly whiney young following them around. I thank them when they alert to a cat, hawk, or owl, but one (offense) cancels ten (charms) most days.
Beautiful (silent) photo.
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
> Charmingly Offensive Adult Blue Jay
Indeed charming, but offensive screamer, offensive thief, with annoyingly whiney young following them around. I thank them when they alert to a cat, hawk, or owl, but one (offense) cancels ten (charms) most days.
Beautiful (silent) photo.
Indeed charming, but offensive screamer, offensive thief, with annoyingly whiney young following them around. I thank them when they alert to a cat, hawk, or owl, but one (offense) cancels ten (charms) most days.
Beautiful (silent) photo.
So great to read this is happening (designing before coding).
I tried to respond with my thoughts but cannot fit them in BlueSky limit.
You gave me some hope for the future (if all my other fears turn out unfounded)
I tried to respond with my thoughts but cannot fit them in BlueSky limit.
You gave me some hope for the future (if all my other fears turn out unfounded)
August 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So great to read this is happening (designing before coding).
I tried to respond with my thoughts but cannot fit them in BlueSky limit.
You gave me some hope for the future (if all my other fears turn out unfounded)
I tried to respond with my thoughts but cannot fit them in BlueSky limit.
You gave me some hope for the future (if all my other fears turn out unfounded)
I've heard people say they were "slappers". Now I know why.
August 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I've heard people say they were "slappers". Now I know why.
What’s his Flying Pigs member number? I think I worked him last Walk For The Bacon.
August 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
What’s his Flying Pigs member number? I think I worked him last Walk For The Bacon.
> SolarStorm coming
Thanks for the heads-up, although I've been feeling like every day is already a solar storm. If I can actually hear someone - it's barely 33N I have to give them.
WB0ZJJ (South Florida where signals don't visit very often.)
Thanks for the heads-up, although I've been feeling like every day is already a solar storm. If I can actually hear someone - it's barely 33N I have to give them.
WB0ZJJ (South Florida where signals don't visit very often.)
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
> SolarStorm coming
Thanks for the heads-up, although I've been feeling like every day is already a solar storm. If I can actually hear someone - it's barely 33N I have to give them.
WB0ZJJ (South Florida where signals don't visit very often.)
Thanks for the heads-up, although I've been feeling like every day is already a solar storm. If I can actually hear someone - it's barely 33N I have to give them.
WB0ZJJ (South Florida where signals don't visit very often.)
Thanks for the heads up - checked it out from hoopla today.
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thanks for the heads up - checked it out from hoopla today.