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I Built the "Tool," a Voice to Talk With — A Fully Local, Free Voice AI Called "kit," as a Parallel System (Podcast Log #2)

2026-06-25 15:35:00 · Production

A technical record of kit, a voice AI bot that runs free on a single M1 Max with zero external APIs. Instead of the usual listen-then-think-then-reply line, kit runs listening, thinking, backchanneling, deep reasoning, and speaking in parallel, with a single Arbiter collapsing them into one verdict. Real function names, real config values, and the honest limits of one GPU.

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I Want to Try a Podcast After Turning 40 — So I'm Building the "Tool," a Voice to Talk With, First (Podcast Log #1)

2026-06-15 16:00:00 · Challenge

The first entry in a podcast challenge log. After turning 40 I want to start a podcast, but talking alone is hard, so I'm building the tool first: a partner to talk with. It isn't finished and may not work. Here I record how it feels at the moment of starting, and the honest motive that this, too, is about growing.

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