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Stefi Peykova Krishnan  • Peerlist

Patha: An AI Memory SystemPatha is a novel AI memory system that moves beyond traditional storage and retrieval. It is built upon two core traditions: Vedic recitation, which utilized redundant encoding for preservation, and Australian Aboriginal songlines, where the landscape serves as an index for narrative traversal. This approach results in a system that separates retrieval from synthesis, offering significant token compression and efficient recall without relying on LLM tokens for synthesis queries. Separation of Retrieval and Synthesis: Patha distinguishes between retrieving information and synthesizing answers, leading to a 6.5x compression of context compared to other systems.Cognitive Status of Beliefs: Each belief is tagged with its origin (pramāṇa), mode of surfacing (vṛtti), and crystallization depth (saṃskāra → vāsanā), providing a structured understanding of knowledge.Non-destructive Supersession: Old beliefs are not overwritten but marked as superseded, allowing users to trace the evolution of their thoughts.Local-First and Interoperable: The belief store is a plain JSONL file, ensuring data ownership and compatibility with various MCP-compatible AI tools like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor.Performance Benchmarks: Patha demonstrates strong performance with a 1.000 R@5 on LongMemEval-KU and a 6.5x token reduction on multi-session tasks. Patha offers multiple ways to interact, including as an MCP server for AI assistants, a command-line interface (CLI), and a Python library for developers building LLM applications. It also features a Streamlit viewer for visualizing the memory store.

Patha (पथ / पाठ) AI Memory System

The Garden of Human Capability - Global AI Divide offers an immersive data visualisation experience that maps the 8.3 billion people on Earth and their relationship with AI. This project provides a unique perspective on how artificial intelligence impacts different regions and demographics globally. By leveraging advanced data analytics, it highlights the disparities and opportunities in AI adoption and integration across various societies.<ul><li>Explore the global distribution of AI capabilities.</li><li>Understand the socio-economic factors influencing AI adoption.</li><li>Gain insights into the potential future of AI development worldwide.</li></ul>This visualisation serves as a powerful tool for policymakers, educators, and technologists to better understand and address the global AI divide. Features<ul><li>Interactive bloom visualization with hover/tap exploration</li><li>Detailed "Bloom Chamber" pages with essays, data dossiers, and intervention ideas</li><li>Time-of-day aware atmospheric UI (dawn, noon, dusk, night)</li><li>Animated clouds, particles, and air currents</li><li>Mobile-optimized with swipe navigation</li><li>Research-backed data from World Bank, UNHCR, FAO, ITU, DataReportal, and more</li></ul>

Garden of Human Capability

The future of product building is collective. Imagine a world where teachers, social workers, and everyday people can participate in building software products and earn equity. This initiative is about rotating teams building real software in public. Commit your interest and join the pilot in Sydney. How It Works Rotating Cohorts: Small teams of 5-10 commit for approximately two months. Each cohort inherits the previous team's artifacts and pushes forward. Multidisciplinary Design: Designers, engineers, data people, and domain experts collaborate. Roles are fluid, allowing for a dynamic and inclusive environment. AI-Accelerated: Utilizing modern AI tools to rapidly explore, prototype, validate, and ship products. Transition from discovery to product or service in weeks. Built in Public: Decision logs, trade-offs, and reflections are open, creating a public learning archive of better product creation. Shared Value: Contributors share in the upside, with fair models for equity and revenue participation being prototyped. Why Now? AI Tooling: Modern code-assist and LLMs empower small, rotating multidisciplinary teams to ship serious products quickly. Shift in Work: As more people become freelance and portfolio-driven, the traditional 9-5 career track is fading. Demand for Meaning: Dreamers, designers, and builders seek work that is ethical, communal, and impactful. This is not a bootcamp or hackathon. Participants ship real, public products, with responsibility continuing across cohorts. Authorship and upside are genuinely distributed. Join the first experimental cohort in Sydney and be part of reimagining work in an AI world.

The Future of Product Building is Collective

<h3>Change happens when we shift minds. Are you ready to shift yours?</h3>The world is moving fast … accelerating toward profit over people, efficiency over empathy, and speed over wisdom. Too often, good design gets lost in the noise. At Design Waves Lab we believe design can, and must DO more...so ….We’re building a futures-led ecosystem to move humanity from extractive to regenerative value creation. Our mission is to transform how we teach, lead, and do business through design.Because the world doesn’t just need more designers. It needs designers who think and act like strategists, entrepreneurs, and system-shifters. 🚀<h3>Our First Step?</h3>To Undesign Design.So we can:🌊 Design differently🧭 Lead braver🌱 Build what matters<h3>🔬 Our First 3 Labs</h3>Each Lab is a hands-on experience designed to rewire how you think, create, and lead:<ul><li>Business Design Lab – helping you grow your business acumen and redesign value with purpose</li><li>AI Design Lab – helping you use AI as a regenerative design partner, play with new-age interfaces and interaction and understand ethical implications </li><li>Founder Mode Lab – helping you lead with vision, and build what matters… because you were made to “launch” change</li></ul>Whether you’re reimagining your role, launching a venture, or driving change inside an organisation, our Labs will equip you with the tools, mindsets, and frameworks to act with intention and impact.<h3>🌊 The Shift Starts Here</h3>Design Waves Lab is a movement … a growing community of bold, curious, values-driven humans using design to shape a better future.Together, we’re:💥 Turning volatility into fuel🌀 Transforming design into wisdom🤖 Reimagining AI as a force for good⸻Ready to Undesign Design?Spaces are limited. Join the waitlist today and be among the first to take the leap into the future of design-led impact.