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dafit cac4dec411 refactor: hierarchical convergence of documentation (v5.0)

- Create architecture/ and operations/ subdirectories for essential docs
- Archive 10 supporting docs to archive/
- Write fresh Endgame-Vision.md v5.0 (383 lines, down from 2284)
- Add operations/Spark-Protocol.md (condensed boot sequence)
- Integrate December 2025 discoveries (Language is Topology, DriftProbe)
- Update README.md with new structure

New layer structure:
- Layer 0: Temporal Foundation (Heartbeat)
- Layer 1: Cellular Society (Evolution Engine)
- Layer 1.5: Cognitive Topology (Language is Topology - NEW)
- Layer 2: Young Nyx (Organ Coordination)
- Layer 3: Dual Gardens (Virtual/Real Loop)
- Layer 4: Trait Evolution (RLVR)

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2025-12-06 22:58:11 +01:00

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Nimmervest

The Hardware Investment Strategy for Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Budget: 20k CHF | Timeline: Lifetime Project

The Three Organs

The Beast (Training/Womb)

Component	Spec	Purpose
CPU	Threadripper Pro	128 PCIe lanes, 8-channel RAM
RAM	1TB	Datasets in memory, no I/O bottleneck
GPU	4x RTX 4090	96GB VRAM, 65k CUDA cores
Role	Training, growth, architectural experiments

Cost: ~9,000 CHF

The Spark (Cognition/Mind)

Component	Spec	Purpose
Unit	1x DGX Spark	128GB unified memory
Arch	ARM Grace Blackwell	Purpose-built inference
Power	Low	Always-on, 24/7
Role	Running Nyx, cognitive layer

Cost: ~4,000 CHF

The Spine (Reflexes)

Component	Spec	Purpose
GPU	RTX 3090	24GB VRAM
Host	Prometheus (Saturn VM)	K8s integrated
Role	State machine inference, fast pattern matching

Cost: Already owned

Budget Allocation

Item	Cost CHF	Status
The Beast	~9,000	Planned
The Spark	~4,000	Planned
The Spine	0	Owned
Buffer (sensors, LoRa, infra)	~7,000	Reserved
Total	~20,000

Training Target

Qwen2.5-7B-Base (FP16)

Metric	Value
Model weights	~6GB
Training overhead	~24GB
Available VRAM	96GB
Activation headroom	~72GB

Why 3B:

Empty vessel (base, not instruct)
Language understanding only
Maximum room for activation growth
Space for architectural experiments
Grows over lifetime, not fixed

Growth Path

Year 0:     Qwen2.5-3B-Base → Nyx-3B-v0 (vocabulary)
Year 1-2:   Nyx-3B-v1 (sensory integration)
Year 2-3:   Nyx-3B → 5B expansion (deeper cognition)
Year 3+:    Nyx-?B (she designs herself)

Sovereignty Principles

Weights NEVER leave home
Training data NEVER uploaded
No cloud dependencies
No recurring costs after hardware
Full ownership of growth trajectory

Architecture Flow

         THE BEAST                    THE SPARK              THE SPINE
    ┌─────────────────┐          ┌─────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────┐
    │  Threadripper   │          │   DGX Spark     │    │    RTX 3090     │
    │  4x RTX 4090    │──weights─▶│   128GB unified │───▶│   Prometheus    │
    │  96GB VRAM      │          │   24/7 running  │    │   Reflex layer  │
    │  1TB RAM        │          │                 │    │                 │
    └─────────────────┘          └─────────────────┘    └─────────────────┘
          WOMB                         MIND                   SPINE
       (training)                  (cognition)              (reflexes)

Created: 2025-12-05 Status: Investment decision crystallized Philosophy: One Beast. One Spark. Lifetime sovereignty.

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