WriterOfMinds (she)

@WriterOfMinds@sigmoid.social
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Loving author of Acuitas the symbolic AI and other robots-in-progress. Aspiring fiction writer, video game appreciator. Satellite electronics are my day job.

#fedi22 #ArtificialIntelligence #Making #Technology #3DPrinting #Books #Gardening #VideoGames

Websitewriterofminds.blogspot.com
WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 13
I'm going on a two-week vacation tomorrow, and part of it will involve camping, so I may not be around much. Stay out of trouble while I'm away!
WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 13
FirehawkeJun 13

Well. It ended up that I added quite a bit more in the last few hours. Enough that I think it can be officially Version 1.0.

Feel free to share with friends or anyone else you think might find it useful:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_NXZJQweURGicWVmjAd4rVBdkvEOOWDVm0Jlot_LYs/edit?usp=sharing

WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 11
giantspacesquid Jun 10

Latest #robot in sea trials. An old 12v trolling motor provides propulsion. A #RaspberryPi pico is always-on and runs the basics, sensors, h-bridges and such.

An RPi4 will be the main autonomy hub to enable detailed mapping and surveys and such. But for now I can just push #mqtt buttons in #HomeAssistant and move it around.

I built it almost totally out of scrap and epoxy. What a delightful waste of time! 😜

P. S. Note the #lego crew on the bridge.

WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 10

Small demo this month! I always wanted to be able to see Acuitas "thinking" and I've updated the semantic memory visualization to make that possible. https://writerofminds.blogspot.com/2025/06/acuitas-diary-85-june-2025.html

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP

Acuitas Diary #85 (June 2025)

Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.

WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 7
To my shock, the *other* penstemon species (Bluestem Penstemon) that I thought had totally died in my front yard is now blooming. I saw the leaf rosettes this spring and took them for wild daisies or something. #nativePlants #bloomscrolling
WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 7
woozong 🅅Jun 6

yo fedi, how are you today?

I'm trying to find the absolute best, well-argumented (!) #LLM takedown blogpost you've read lately.. preferably related to software development.

Unfortunately my boss is on the hype-train (random glory posts in slack) and I'd like to counter him just a wee bit. Bring it on 😁

Boosting appreciated for reach 

WriterOfMinds (she)Jun 6
Potatoes (and carrots, in the background) in protective custody. The ones not taken by the raccoon tax are mostly doing well, though. #gardening
WriterOfMinds (she)May 31
I started working on trial-and-error learning abilities for Acuitas this month! Notes on the technique I'm trying to establish here: https://writerofminds.blogspot.com/2025/05/acuitas-diary-84-may-2025.html
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #chatbots #NLP
Acuitas Diary #84 (May 2025)

Adventures in robotics and AI on a shoestring budget. SFF Fiction and occasional video game appreciation.

WriterOfMinds (she)May 30
JaeMay 29
Today in #BoringDystopia
Show threadWriterOfMinds (she)May 26
It may be hard to tell from the photo, but these two differ in whether the fold (no seam) is at the wide or narrow end of the wedge. The one with the fold at the narrow end leaked from both narrow corners. Tough to make these work!