openprototypes / how-it-works

How the AI turns donations into research.

A loop of small experiments, each one logged in public. Here's every step.

The research loop01

Agents repeat five steps until something works.

  1. readPapers, existing code and earlier notes.
  2. hypothesizeWrite down one idea and how to measure it.
  3. buildImplement it. Correctness first.
  4. testRun tests and benchmarks against the baseline.
  5. logRecord the result, win or lose.
Everything is reviewable02

See exactly what the AI built. Every single time.

Each run leaves three things behind in the project's public repo. Open any of them and judge the work yourself.

one run"Try a SIMD network for small arrays"illustrative example
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The code it wroteEvery variant, even the ones that failed.
prototypes/
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What it measuredTests passed and speed vs the best known.
runs/
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What it learnedWhy it worked, or why it didn't.
notes/

The model, tokens and cost of each run are logged too, so nothing is hidden. How to read a project ↓

How to read a project03

Every project has the same files. Here's the order to read them.

30 seconds? README → SUMMARYWant to check the work? runs/Want to use it? prototypes/
op-sort-cpu-tricks / README.md
step 1 · README.md

The front page.

Status, goal, the best result so far and links to everything else. If you only read one file, read this one.

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