Observed arrival · 2026-09-27
Saihate Workshop is building an AI companion for an old house
A Japanese workshop documents restoring a 300-year-old house while developing an AI assistant meant to learn and remember in that place.
- For
- Readers following old-house restoration and embodied AI
- Worth noticing
- A roof-leak account describes an attic child’s pool and hose as a temporary way to buy time, not a completed repair.
Field notes
The restoration account is candid about improvisation: an attic child’s pool and hose redirect rainwater while the larger repair remains unresolved. A separate development entry describes a two-stage conversation process that separates what the assistant decides to say from how it says it, with listening, reaction, and waiting around the exchange. Memory, moods, and sensor connections are presented as design goals; the supplied homepage does not verify the assistant’s current capabilities.
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