Tag: sparky
All the articles with the tag "sparky".
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Sparky is not a toy
Sparky is genuinely helpful for many kinds of work, including coding and writing. I can explain why but you can can also just see it for yourself, by watching me working with Sparky on a piece of writing.
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A Latency Solution Disguised as Personality
Why Sparky wiggles his antennas when he’s thinking, and why I chose a slow smart model over a fast limited one.
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My Robot Cares About Railway Stations
How I designed Sparky to initiate natural conversations about his own independent, changing interests, using insights from my background in improv comedy.
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Wake up, Sparky!
I made the robot buddy I always wanted. I’ll add more notes later. The project collects a lot of ideas I’ve had knocking around, about personality design, voice UI, computer use workflows, etc.. But here’s a little video for now. 🙂