Project EVE: 18.8 M-parameter cognitive cores evolved from scratch on a single cheap CPU instance (no GPUs, no pre-training) spontaneously learned to direct a separate LLM “mouth” into fluent, empathetic, human-like conversation. Multiple stable cognitive “species” emerged in 168 hours.
Evolved empathetic AI companions from random weights on a $50/month CPU in 7 days (preprint needs one endorsement)
Project EVE: 18.8 M-parameter cognitive cores evolved from scratch on a single cheap CPU instance (no GPUs, no pre-training) spontaneously learned to direct a separate LLM “mouth” into fluent, empathetic, human-like conversation. Multiple stable cognitive “species” emerged in 168 hours.
Hacker News thread already live and calling it “the silicon bicameral mind” and “an epistolary sci-fi origin story”:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236003#46236075
6-page preprint (instantly readable):
https://www.overleaf.com/read/mwnfvxwxsxmq#7e698b
Submitted to arXiv — literally just needs **one** endorsement in cs.AI / cs.LG / cs.NE to go public.
Endorsement code: **RMJZTM**
If anyone here has endorsement rights and 20 seconds to spare, you would make my decade. Feedback also very welcome!