A living companion built on a real Drosophila connectome — 139,255 neurons used as a computational reservoir. Not a metaphor. Not an LLM wrapper. Biology that routes.
A self-hosted, bio-inspired agent on a real Drosophila connectome — built with Thought Blend, Thought Resilience, and a 7-tier falsifiable evaluation framework. Recognized by NexFellow as a Recognized Builder 2026 for curiosity, ambition, and commitment to building.
Every part of Zoe is bio-inspired, auditable, and falsifiable. The biology makes the routing decision; the prompt just carries it.
Focal task + peripheral awareness (screen, history, agent perspectives) merged into one output via an explicit blend rule in the prompt layer. Auditable, not vibes.
The prompt harness isn't static. It re-optimizes and hardens itself across cycles, so output stays coherent under noise, adversarial input, and OOD tasks. Failures get patched, not repeated.
A real connectome substrate with neuromodulation (octopamine / dopamine / serotonin) and Hebbian reinforcement — validated in peer-reviewed research, running locally.
Each layer is independently testable. Together they form the Rig — an integrated agent that observes, routes, evolves, and remembers.
One living loop: from connectome features to a persistent, sandboxed companion that returns session after session.
A 7-tier falsifiable framework with a Failure Signature Matrix and a Critical Five kill condition — if Zoe fails these, Zoe fails.
"Zoe is a connectome-based reservoir computing system with biologically-inspired control layers, an evolving LoRA adapter, embodied through a virtual avatar, sandboxed in a MicroVM, with companion mode."
For demonstrating curiosity, ambition, and commitment to building. This recognition validates the rigor behind Zoe's architecture — not just an idea, but a falsifiable, buildable system.
NexFellow's builder recognition isn't a participation trophy — it's a signal that Zoe ships. Every layer below has been designed to be independently testable, versioned, and deployable. Here's how the build mechanism maps to the Rig:
Assistant Professor (Data Science & AI) · AI systems engineer · multi-agent architect · NexFellow Recognized Builder 2026