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Suitcase robot "Sparky" gets "high" via gas sensor and LLM parameter changes

A user has modified their suitcase robot, named Sparky, to react to smoke from a gas sensor. When exposed to smoke, the sensor triggers changes in the robot's language model parameters, such as temperature, top_p, and top_k. This causes Sparky's speech to become more erratic and associative, mimicking a "high" state without explicit scripting. The robot's physical appearance also changes, with drooping eyes and a bloodshot look, to further enhance the effect. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates novel ways to dynamically alter LLM behavior based on real-world sensor input, potentially inspiring new forms of interactive AI.

RANK_REASON User-created modification of an existing robot with an LLM, not a product release from a major lab.

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Suitcase robot "Sparky" gets "high" via gas sensor and LLM parameter changes

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/CreativelyBankrupt ·

    My suitcase robot gets high now off a real gas sensor wired straight into the LLM sampler. Smoke raises temperature/top_p/top_k live, so his speech genuinely gets loopier and never repeats.

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