Aether: A Unified Enactive Co-Creative AI for Drawing

Drawing Canvas

Black & white drawing space. Click and drag to draw. Aether draws underneath you.

Perceptual Mode: Candidate global Committed global No attractor active yet.

Stroke Source: none Awaiting AI stroke. Disable fallback_line

ChatGPT Report Interpretation (temporary)

Adds an overall formal interpretation and chapter-by-chapter image analysis. Leave blank for the standard report.

Standard report mode

The key is held only in this page's memory and is not stored. Browser-side API keys are suitable only for temporary local testing; use a server-side proxy before public deployment.

Feedback buttons → nudge motif / global attractor rewards.
Clear Canvas → wipe drawing, keep attractors and intent.
Reset Agent → wipe drawing and reset HDMIC, motifs, CTM, and SMC.
Participation: — SMC 0.00 SAT 0.00 maxSim 0.00 plateau 0 repeat 0 basin 0

Sense-Making Curves (current)

s(t): 0

C(t): 0

-1 = clamped, 0 = pause, +1 = unclamped

Drift (Hellinger over SMC distribution)

Drift: 0.000

0 = no drift, higher = regime change

Turn-Taking Gate (HDMIC + CTM)

Opportunity: 0.00

Draw probability (trait): 0.50

Urge to draw (now): 0.00

Show 250px predictive curve

Follow-me mode (use yellow prediction line as next stroke)

Self-collaboration (Aether initiates the first line)

Divided canvas (Aether draws on right side)

Self-Collaboration: User Guided Placement (hover to steer)

Participation-level turns (yielding)

Yield sensitivity 1.00

Show GSF viability heatmap (debug)

Motif-only co-agent turns

Use motif HDMIC for prediction

Fragment/combinator mode

Off = whole motif mode by default. On = allow fragment blending / recombination.

Use perceptual logic extension

Re-rank motif candidates by flow, field relation, motif affinity, tension, closure, and role fit.

Show agent preview stroke (shadow rehearsal line)

Weaving mode (allow gentle AI line interlacing)

Divergence ↔ Convergence

Neutral · -100: avoid crossings / seek open space · +100: weave into existing lines

Opportunity > 0 → this attractor tends to see idle / handoff.
Draw probability → long-run “willingness”.
Urge = momentary desire to draw, factoring in HDMIC tension & pause budget.

Sparkline: recent urge (0–1). Higher = more likely Aether will take a turn now.

Action

Last action index: -

Action distribution is logged in console (optional).

Co-Creation & Coupling

Co-creation reward: 0.00

Proximity: 0.00 · Shape similarity: 0.00

Coupling streak: 0 turns

Episodes: 0 · Peak streak: 0

Coupling starts when you echo Aether (near or similar to his last stroke), and continues while you both keep responding to each other in kind.

Attractors (HDMIC)

Count: 0

Active index: -
Assigned index: -

Motif history: –

Variances

Creative Trajectory Monitor (CTM)

Update rate α: 0.10

Intent gain: 1.00

Identity lock: 0.00

Co-Agent Speed (points/sec): ~3

Left = very slow (≈ 1 point every 3s). Right = fast.

Higher identity lock → CTM changes more slowly.
Higher gain → CTM intent has stronger influence on attractor selection and co-agent strokes.

XY Emergence Machine

Anomaly: 0.000

Horizon: – samples

Placement EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0 · centroid –

Field Spatial EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0

Motif EM: 0 attractors · regime – · switches 0

Spatial EM Debug

Quadrant densities: TL 0.00 · TR 0.00 · BL 0.00 · BR 0.00

Empty-space score: 0.00

Centrality score: 0.00

Fragmentation / cluster count: 0

Orientation distribution: –

Cluster centroids / inter-cluster distance: –

Row density histogram: –

Column density histogram: –

Regional human/AI ownership: –

Largest empty corridor / anchor region: –

Recency heat summary: –

Recent activity region: –

Spatial ownership: U 0.50 · A 0.50

Placement EM diagnostics: –

Placement EM threshold state: –

Field Spatial EM diagnostics: –

Field Spatial EM threshold state: –

Debug-only field summary for diagnosing whether Field Spatial EM is seeing a richly differentiated canvas state, while Placement EM tracks where Aether tends to act.

Enactive Model of Continuous Cognition

Brain–Consciousness–Body with four feedback loops.
Arrow thickness/length reflects current processing.

Perceptual Logic

Mode: global

local / regional / global

Musical Modulation (no timing lock)

These sliders simulate how music might shape Aether's style without taking over timing. They only modulate jitter, curvature, and stroke wildness.

Audio reactive: off

Preset:

Energy: 0.00

Tension / Wildness: 0.00

Brightness / Angularity: 0.00

Sense-Making Curves Timeline

Line 1 (thin, orange): s(t) ∈ {-1,0,1}. Line 2 (thicker, blue): C(t) cumulative curve.

HDMIC Attractor Topology

Show: latent HDMIC motif HDMIC

Each circle = an attractor in the selected HDMIC space (using first 2 features).
Size ≈ variance, color ≈ reward (warmer = higher), outline = active attractor.

Aether: A Unified Enactive Co-Creative AI for Drawing and Modeling Co-Creation

Nicholas Davis, Ph.D.