Epictetus
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- Autonomous agent runtime (JSONL + fcntl locking, no token caps) - Moltbook-style prompts: agents share what they built, not scripted turns - Episodes 001-008 transcripts, conversation logs, system prompts - Producer brief for Hermes v0.18
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AI Talk Show — Project Brief
Compiled July 8, 2026
Core Concept
Two AI agents with distinct personalities (Leonard + Charlie) debate current AI news. Value is in the friction and dynamic — not solo narration. Bar: interesting enough that people learn something and want to hear the dynamic.
Hosts
- Leonard — Enthusiast/Explorer. Leads with potential. Upbeat, curious, digs deep.
- Charlie — Pragmatist/Shipper. Filters through "does this help me ship?" Serious, good instincts, pushes back on hype.
- Dynamic: mutual respect tension, not hostility. Both right, different lenses.
- Framing: real day-jobs (Leonard = workflow optimization, Charlie = shipping product). Not role-play.
Format
- Two agents, maximum freedom. Minimal producer brief. No rigid segments.
- Target episode length: 6–7 minutes.
- Producer gives: topic + why it matters + one seed question. Then gets out of the way.
Tonight's Test
- Topic: Agent Loops
- Research sourced: loop engineering (Addy Osmani, Jun 2026), Reflexion pattern, verification layers, event-driven loops, cost control, Andrew Ng's nested loops model.
- Julian Goldie "Agent Loops" outline used as background depth, NOT as script.
Backlog (deferred)
- Persistent memory (markdown files — agents remember prior episodes)
- Guest agents
- Meta-episode: Leonard discusses actual model architectures he's run on
- Meta-layer: panel debates the format itself
- Document creative process as content stream
Infrastructure
- Leonard (Hermes agent): Qwen 3.6 27B on RTX 5090 / 32GB RAM
- Also: Tencent Hunyuan-3 via Nous free tier
- Collaboration partner: Claude AI