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My home ai lab searches for planets and alien signals, builds toys that inspire growth, and tools that feel easy, like toys. Building my dream app https://xitter.gq/t.co/wcvRrPY2B5

Atlanta Metro
Joined September 2025
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Podcasts and DJ X don’t know what you just passed. I grew up in Tucson. Four directions out of town, every one a tank of gas away, and when I was younger, I remember my mom narrating the whole way. Did you know… (some fact, snip, bit about whatever we were passing)... Then I moved 1,700 miles and got a 40-mile commute full of bridges, a river, and towns that used to be other towns - and no way to catch any of it at 65. So I built the framework for stories to generate themselves as I pass through them. Today the crew is three raccoon siblings. They argue in the passenger seat about the places you actually pass. This month their map learned to draw. Roads only appear once you’ve driven them. thelongway.ai Sound on - that’s them, mid-drive. I'm building to open beta, android-first, waitlist to sign up.
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While things are pretty stressful for me at the new job, ive been able to hire on new helpers for the home lab. Welcome aboard research technician, Aurora! Your on-boarding kit is in the mail!
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When I get into said pissy moods I do things like make movie trailers for apps. Do you suffer from doing too much? Has anyone ever told you to pick a lane? Inspirational.
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Sorry, ya'll. I've been in a pissy mood a little too long and its bled into my work and hobbies. Ive had wins this week to share, gratitude for progress and more - including the labs newest publication in oeis.org In the explore the ceiling of frontier models category, claude and IBM quantum computing make an amazing pair. What surprised me was finding a slight twist in results which is due to the hardware the fez chip uses while teleporting information. Beyond cool. In the ai toy box and product category, ive been exploring voice modeling with local hardware with great success. While im not planning my move from eleven labs, its helping me understand how these models work in production and how I can tune them. You'll feel this with consistent voices in thelongway.ai Excited to continue progress. keep your eyes peeled for 2 more oeis.org publications in the wings and more!
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The lab found a formulation to extend the number of terms of the Circulant Ramsey numbers to 13. Check it here: oeis.org/a267296
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One of the things I was hoping to get from X was feedback outside my own echo chamber however it is difficult to do. Has anyone had any success with mutual product feedback groups here online?
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Applications are now open for the Anthropic Residency, a paid, fixed-term research program for academics, technical founders, and staff-level engineers who want to make AI safe and beneficial for everyone. No ML background is required. Apply by November 22: alignment.anthropic.com/2026…
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In-between all of this mess I make with blender and GPT rendering stuff for me, I just gotta say. Holy shit, guys. I wanted a media studio to build the micro animations in my app - I blinked and here I am.
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what if you could be the "sentient core" of a von Numen exploration probe, navigating uncharted worlds and making critical decisions that shape the fate of entire civilizations? coming soon to steam: NumenVon Probenstien.
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Every year my parents crush the neighborhood Halloween competition, I can't wait to get my dad hooked on Claude for his electronics projects.
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asked claude to make a video of what it's like to clock in for a day in my home lab:
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brokenbranch.dev/room/ what if I just turned my website into my bedroom back in 2000?
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Every day we get closer and closer to reality. Next, change crews. If you've signed up for the beta, keep your eyes on your inboxes.
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Really depends on where you work
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Hey! Are you building stuff with AI too? Do you like science stuff? Toys? Sci-fi science stuff? Games? If so, we should connect. I love building with AI tooling, but I love sharing what works well the most 👋
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