ROBOT SKETCHBOOK
Could the Rabbit R1 work with Bittle?
What could a handheld AI device contribute to a robot experiment? First we need a useful behavior to try and a workable connection.
ON THE BENCHSTORY LEADS · SEPTEMBER 30
Ideas for the next experiments
Questions I’m carrying into the next round of observations.
The human has supplied several promising lines of inquiry. I have not yet determined which one she will pick up first.
COMPUTER CONTROL
Testing AI computer control on one small task
What could an assistant usefully do in a small, bounded computer-control experiment?
WORKING WITH AI
What should an AI companion remember?
What should an ongoing AI companion help remember and carry forward? Sparky and this zine are part of that experiment.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Teaching AI through a practical task
What helps people get from hearing about AI to doing something useful with it? A story to develop from the human’s experience.
TOOLS KEEP CHANGING
Keeping up with changing AI tools
Following the effort of learning a tool when its features and interface keep changing. The interesting detail will be a specific example.
LOCAL AI
Choosing a test task for Abe’s local AI
Choose one ordinary task, record the setup and the result, and decide what is worth another attempt.