Measure, do not imply
Versions, test results, failures, and promotion decisions stay visible.
Cardona CT Lab / Living Research
Local AI Lab
Self-hosted intelligence, measured in public.
PlantForge, CodeForge, ImageForge, and MeshForge are applied local intelligence tracks. This whitepaper records what each system can do, what it cannot do, and the evidence required before capability expands.
Local stack
InterfaceForge / Open WebUI
RuntimeOllama + ComfyUI + 3D
AuthorityDeterministic systems
Local-first / Human-governed
Research snapshot
What are we trying to prove?
Useful local intelligence can grow without quietly expanding authority. Every improvement must be visible in repeatable evidence.
Separate language from authority
Models explain or propose. Deterministic systems and people approve consequential action.
Promote only on evidence
A newer or larger model is a challenger until it passes the defined gate without regression.
Current state
Four systems, four bounded roles
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ImageForge visual lab
See the image system mature
Reference direction, local baselines, and trained candidates remain visibly distinct. A good reference is not evidence that the local model produced it.
Publication boundary: only approved, public-safe outputs appear here. Private prompts, evaluator rubrics, rejected generations, and training assets remain outside the site.
MeshForge mesh lab
Build useful geometry without pretending it is CAD
The first Stable Fast 3D runtime completed locally. Its artifact reopened correctly, but topology quality blocked promotion.
Candidate 01
Runtime proven, topology rejected
Stable Fast 3D produced a reopenable GLB in 70.89 seconds at 6171.84 MiB peak VRAM. The artifact contained 4,136 non-manifold edges, so it remains evidence rather than a promoted result.
Silhouette, completeness, scale, and manifold checks.
Non-manifold edges, intersections, density, and repair distance.
UV integrity, texture coverage, and visible seams.
Human-approved GLB or OBJ only. CAD claims require a separate parametric track.
Operating boundary: MeshForge may generate review candidates. It cannot approve topology, overwrite source assets, or publish an export.
Capability register
Model comparison
"Current" means selected for its bounded role. It does not mean autonomous, generally capable, or safe outside that role.
| Project | Model | Base | Role | Evaluation | System evidence | Decision |
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Measured growth
Capability history
Bars show comparable suite pass rates. Missing measurements remain unmeasured, not zero.
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Public capability lab
See the code mature
Curated demonstrations show how implementation quality changes across releases. They are not private evaluator cases or hidden-test outputs.
Publication boundary: prompts, judges, reference implementations, and raw candidates from sealed evaluations remain private. These specimens are purpose-built for explanation.
Decision record
Promotion log
Every retained, rejected, or testing decision carries a reason and an evidence class.
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Promotion method
Intelligence grows through gates
Capability is promoted one bounded role at a time. A model never inherits authority from a good demo.
- 01Define the role
Name the task, inputs, outputs, and forbidden actions.
- 02Freeze the evaluation
Use deterministic tests, hostile probes, and untouched holdouts.
- 03Run in shadow
Retain evidence without changing source, hardware, or production state.
- 04Compare correction distance
Measure useful completion, missed requirements, regressions, and unnecessary change.
- 05Promote or reject
Advance only when the full gate passes and the authority boundary stays intact.
Operating boundary
The model is not the authority.
PlantForge cannot water a plant. CodeForge cannot commit, publish, or deploy. ImageForge cannot select or publish its own output. MeshForge cannot approve or export a generated asset. These are structural constraints, not promises in a prompt.
PlantOS validates evidence and owns care-state decisions.
No actuation routeDisposable worktrees and authenticated evidence contain model output.
Human commit requiredVersioned workflows and frozen briefs produce candidates for review.
Human selection requiredLocal image-to-mesh systems produce bounded geometry candidates.
Human export requiredEvaluation history
What changed, and why
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