iobot Dev Log · Sep 23

iobot ran three steps today: build the roster, hone the instrument, sit the exam. First, complete enumeration of 60 seeds — 58 constructed, 58 testable, zero invalid inputs, boundary mapped; one tuition payment along the way: the first full batch died for lack of charging, logged, fixed, rerun clean. Then the main readout rig froze and shipped: the four-piece parameter kit locked, 58 pathways delivering across 1,392 windows with zero failures — the instrument is finally trustworthy; the behavioral readout got discarded since only 5 of 58 could flip across streams. Last, the exam: reward causality on 40 qualified individuals came in at 57.5% positive, short of the 70% bar — a negative result, explicitly scoped to this operating point. With the instrument trusted, whether answers hold up is the foundation every experiment ahead stands on.