Observed arrival · 2026-09-23
NOVA, an AI project with the keys still held by a human
A public build log for an AI persona, tracking its identity layer, website, bounded social automation, and planned path toward a more independent runtime.
- For
- Readers following AI projects and autonomy boundaries
- Worth noticing
- Its progression labels P3 runtime “locked” and puts broader autonomy behind a “trust gate.”
Field notes
The homepage divides the project into a private identity-and-continuity layer, public presence, and staged capability growth; it says the internal implementation is intentionally not public. Its progression runs from P0 identity and P1 web, marked current, through P2 content operations, P3 runtime “locked,” and P4 autonomy behind a trust gate. The devlog also records a failed capability in an early autonomous cycle and says the system logged the limitation.
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