Christopher Daly
Software engineer interested in how cognition works—and how to build systems that reason without relying on language as a crutch. Currently building LOGOS, a graph-based cognitive architecture.
Current Work
Projects exploring cognition, AI systems, and the tools to build them
LOGOS
Non-linguistic cognitive architectureBuilding autonomous agents that reason with graphs, not words. A modular system using Neo4j and Milvus for causal reasoning and structured knowledge representation.
JEPA→CLIP
Bridging video understanding to semanticsExperiments translating V-JEPA video embeddings into CLIP's semantic space, enabling grounded perception for non-linguistic systems.
TinyMind
Curiosity-driven knowledge graphsA prototype where meaningful graph structure emerges from topology rather than schema. Edges encode relationships the system discovers, not ones prescribed.
agent-swarm
Phase-driven agent workflowsA controller that routes tasks through classification gates, enforces phase transitions, and dispatches specialized subagents with adversarial verification.
parallel-orchestration
Parallel TDD from YAML manifestsOrchestrates independent TDD subagents from a task manifest with branch isolation, dependency resolution, gateway conditions, and merge verification.
Recent Writing
Notes on cognitive architectures, experiments, and building things
I Use AI, and I'm Not Sorry
ProcessHow a solo researcher uses AI agents to build a cognitive architecture, and what it takes to get reliable results from unreliable tools.
Seeing Without Understanding
Cognitive ArchitectureGraph hygiene isn't just maintenance. When Sophia scans her knowledge graph for structural issues, she can see patterns she doesn't have names for yet.
Same Architecture, Different Person
Cognitive ArchitectureWhat happens when an AI system discovers that certain emotional states produce better outcomes? It starts seeking those states. That's personality.