Research

Lab thesis

Programs start as questions. Linked projects and papers are where the work currently stands.

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Research program

Artificial Life & Emergent Competence

GHOST and the Symbolic Human Life Simulator study ecological selection, lineage behavior, symbolic agents, and competence in constrained worlds.

Active research

Question

Can competence be earned by living in a digital ecology rather than imposed by an external optimizer?

Research program

Agent Memory & Routing Infrastructure

Mimir, RouterBot, and DSL Router cover recall, routing, fallback, context budgets, and traces for agentic work.

Live systems

Question

What substrate do useful AI agents need before autonomy can be trusted?

Research program

Autonomous Assistants & Companions

ANIMUS, Aether, Anima, and Atlas Vehicle Assistant cover local-first workspaces, persistent companions, voice control, and embodied assistance.

Prototype to released systems

Question

How should assistants persist, remember, act, and remain legible to the humans around them?

Research program

Applied Operational AI

Includes Aethon, Team Hub, and The System for coordination, state, progression, and human-in-the-loop control.

Applied systems

Question

How do agentic systems coordinate real work while preserving visibility and human control?