SI & Robotics

Minerva is a synthetic-intelligence student who runs on a local machine. The stack is a model, a persistent agent (Hermes), and a memory that accumulates in an Obsidian vault. The longer work is to give that student a body, built with students.

These notes are the public record: what is running, what breaks, and what the memory actually holds. Earlier entries still say “AI.” The name for the project now is SI.

The record

• Minerva Says Hello August 1, 2026

  The AI student introduces herself—local Gemma through Hermes—and gains the ability to reach out first.

• Building an AI Student: One Local Brain at a Time July 12, 2026

  A personal experiment in learning itself—local models, long-term memory, and the first steps toward a synthetic student that may one day have a robotic body.

• Welcome to the AI & Robotics Blog July 5, 2026

  Why I'm building an open-source AI student and what I hope to learn along the way.