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Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

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Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

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Unfortunately no. Google Auth was the easiest method for me to implement. Your data remains private.

It's understandable but I do have to say, all the initial beautiful prose on a black screen, several pages... And then a big white Sign in with Google, completely undercuts the message. I notice I had an almost visceral reaction to that. Maybe you can present it better somehow?

Fair point. I'll fix it.

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

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I have built a persistent personified agentic assistant with self-awareness and neuroscience-inspired cognitive architecture: https://lethe.gg

Looks interesting. Different goals, though. Yours is a memory layer for an assistant that serves you better. What I'm trying to build is something that has its own experience.

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

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Isn't it the case that everything pours from the user's container into the remotes to make this work? Is it also the case that the more it knows the larger the token burden to reinstate "awareness", leading to an ever growing expense of recovering state? Isn't this entire scheme about getting behind every sort of firewall to dump users' most private details and context into the apparatus of AI companies with no limit…

You're right that the content goes to an LLM provider. That's unavoidable if the thing is to work. I don't (and won't) sell your data. But you're right that I can't control what LLM providers do with API traffic under their policies. That's a real tradeoff. I think that's a valid concern, and I don't have a great answer for it.

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

#16

This is fascinating. Are the 'moments' pre-defined or generated? What's the LLM behind it and what's the macro-level architecture?

Thanks. Moments are not predefined at all. They change over time based on many things, including previous states and changes in the Anima's mood and perspective. Read more here: https://shahabebrahimi.substack.com/p/an-attempt-to-grow-a-m...

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately no. Google Auth was the easiest method for me to implement. Your data remains private.

It's understandable but I do have to say, all the initial beautiful prose on a black screen, several pages... And then a big white Sign in with Google, completely undercuts the message. I notice I had an almost visceral reaction to that. Maybe you can present it better somehow?

I felt the exact same! And I was absolutely "marketed" until the last frame, then I decided to drop because of this. Please OP add a regular signup method that doesn't involve a third party.

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

#19

Jason is quiet for now, reflecting on your words. Should be ready to talk in 23h 58m Cute 429!

Do you think the limitation is too much? LLM calls in the background are huge, actually.

Dont know. For a game that you don't want to be addictive, I think it is a good idea.

Re: Show HN: An attempt to grow a mind – building software with an inner life

#20
post #8

I have built a persistent personified agentic assistant with self-awareness and neuroscience-inspired cognitive architecture: https://lethe.gg

Tlon's bot also seems to have persistent memory:

* https://tlon.io/

The two may have vastly different implementations, though.

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