Aether: The Enactive AI

A real-time co-creative drawing system by Nicholas Davis, PhD

Shared Canvas · Draw anywhere and Aether will respond
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Waiting
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Session Dynamics

Continuous cumulative trajectories derived from strokes and coded participation states, including waiting.

Live session analysis

Human Sense-Making

Traditional CSM cumulative sum compared with evidence-based opening, containment, and scribble dynamics
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Traditional CSMEvidence-basedNeutral axis

Aether Sense-Making

Traditional CSM cumulative sum compared with Aether’s evidence-based cumulative trajectory
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Human–Aether Evidence Comparison

Shared-time comparison of cumulative evidence-based sense-making trajectories
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Aether: A Unified Enactive Co-Creative AI for Drawing and Modeling Co-Creation

Nicholas Davis, Ph.D.

Drawing Canvas
Black & white drawing space. Click and drag to draw. Aether draws underneath you.
Perceptual Mode: Candidate global Committed global No attractor active yet.
Stroke Source: none Awaiting AI stroke.
ChatGPT Report Interpretation (temporary)
Adds an overall formal interpretation and chapter-by-chapter image analysis. Leave blank for the standard report.
Standard report mode
The key is held only in this page's memory and is not stored. Browser-side API keys are suitable only for temporary local testing; use a server-side proxy before public deployment.
Feedback buttons → nudge motif / global attractor rewards.
Clear Canvas → wipe drawing, keep attractors and intent.
Reset Agent → wipe drawing and reset HDMIC, motifs, CTM, and SMC.
Participation: — SMC 0.00 SAT 0.00 maxSim 0.00 plateau 0 repeat 0 basin 0
Sense-Making Curves (current)
s(t): 0
C(t): 0
-1 = clamped, 0 = pause, +1 = unclamped
Drift (Hellinger over SMC distribution)
Drift: 0.000
0 = no drift, higher = regime change
Turn-Taking Gate (HDMIC + CTM)
Opportunity: 0.00
Draw probability (trait): 0.50
Urge to draw (now): 0.00
Yield sensitivity 1.00
Off = whole motif mode by default. On = allow fragment blending / recombination.
Re-rank motif candidates by flow, field relation, motif affinity, tension, closure, and role fit.
Divergence ↔ Convergence
Neutral  ·  -100: avoid crossings / seek open space  ·  +100: weave into existing lines
Opportunity > 0 → this attractor tends to see idle / handoff.
Draw probability → long-run “willingness”.
Urge = momentary desire to draw, factoring in HDMIC tension & pause budget.
Sparkline: recent urge (0–1). Higher = more likely Aether will take a turn now.
Action
Last action index: -
Action distribution is logged in console (optional).
Co-Creation & Coupling
Co-creation reward: 0.00
Proximity: 0.00 · Shape similarity: 0.00
Coupling streak: 0 turns
Episodes: 0 · Peak streak: 0
Coupling starts when you echo Aether (near or similar to his last stroke), and continues while you both keep responding to each other in kind.
Coupling History
Attractors (HDMIC)
Count: 0
Active index: -
Assigned index: -
Motif history: –
Variances
Creative Trajectory Monitor (CTM)
Update rate α: 0.10
Intent gain: 1.00
Identity lock: 0.00
Co-Agent Speed (points/sec): ~3
Left = very slow (≈ 1 point every 3s). Right = fast.
Higher identity lock → CTM changes more slowly.
Higher gain → CTM intent has stronger influence on attractor selection and co-agent strokes.
XY Emergence Machine
Anomaly: 0.000
Horizon: – samples
Placement EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0 · centroid –
Field Spatial EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0
Motif EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0
Spatial EM Debug
Quadrant densities: TL 0.00 · TR 0.00 · BL 0.00 · BR 0.00
Empty-space score: 0.00
Centrality score: 0.00
Fragmentation / cluster count: 0
Orientation distribution: –
Cluster centroids / inter-cluster distance: –
Row density histogram: –
Column density histogram: –
Regional human/AI ownership: –
Largest empty corridor / anchor region: –
Recency heat summary: –
Recent activity region: –
Spatial ownership: U 0.50 · A 0.50
Placement EM diagnostics: –
Placement EM threshold state: –
Field Spatial EM diagnostics: –
Field Spatial EM threshold state: –
Debug-only field summary for diagnosing whether Field Spatial EM is seeing a richly differentiated canvas state, while Placement EM tracks where Aether tends to act.
Enactive Model of Continuous Cognition
Brain–Consciousness–Body with four feedback loops.
Arrow thickness/length reflects current processing.
Perceptual Logic
Mode: global
local / regional / global
Musical Modulation (no timing lock)
These sliders simulate how music might shape Aether's style without taking over timing. They only modulate jitter, curvature, and stroke wildness.
Audio reactive: off
Preset:
Energy: 0.00
Tension / Wildness: 0.00
Brightness / Angularity: 0.00
SMC Window Mode
mixed
Sense-Making Curves Timeline
Line 1 (thin, orange): s(t) ∈ {-1,0,1}. Line 2 (thicker, blue): C(t) cumulative curve.
HDMIC Attractor Topology
Show:
Each circle = an attractor in the selected HDMIC space (using first 2 features).
Size ≈ variance, color ≈ reward (warmer = higher), outline = active attractor.
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