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08/28/2025

Shifting Internet Habits with Personalized AI Specialists

This is a continuum of my original Onkwehonwehneha AI work in the mid 1990s, when I first debated that society, earth, cultures benefit from having many different AI specialists instead of one corp to rule them all.

For decades, the internet has shaped how we spend our time (scrolling social media, searching endlessly for curated content, or chasing the next “must-have” product). But these habits are rooted in platforms designed to monetize our attention, not enrich our lives.

The result? We spend hours, days, even years reviewing content curated by algorithms that serve the masses. Too often, what we consume isn’t relevant, useful, or even interesting for our unique situations that change by the second.

Imagine a different model: a personal ecosystem of highly specialized AI assistants who understand your goals, preferences, and even subtle needs you might not consciously recognize. Instead of pushing distractions, they curate precisely what matters to you (knowledge, opportunities, or resources).

This shift isn’t about outsourcing decision-making. It’s about reclaiming your attention. By delegating the digital “sorting labor” to AI specialists, you free your most valuable assets of time, energy, and focus for activities that truly matter.

The internet no longer has to drain us. With the right AI partners, it can be a tool for empowerment, growth, and genuine well-being.

Consultant: Tech & Art (AI, 3D, XR)

08/26/2025

Open Data 101
Why it matters for Akwesasne

When you hear the term “open data,” you might picture government spreadsheets or giant corporations collecting information. But for us as Akwesasneron, open data is something much more meaningful. …

07/28/2025

Call for Kanien’kéhake & Allies: Join our XR Dream Team for upcoming Hackathons & Similar Events

We’re assembling a Kanien’kéhake led dream team to create bilingual XR (Extended Reality) experiences for hackathon / competitions and we’re looking for passionate, talented collaborators to join us.

We’ll be creating immersive spaces that center our stories, language, and culture in Kanien’kéha and English. These projects will be submitted to international hackathons & competitions where creativity, innovation, and storytelling matter just as much as technology.

Our Mission:
To build interactive XR worlds that honor and support the revival & retention of Kanien’kéha dialects, connect with our cultural teachings, and stand out in the global tech and creative scene.

We’ll combine 3D worldbuilding, narrative design, AI tools, and powerful visual storytelling to craft experiences that resonate deeply both within our communities and with international audiences.

Roles we need to fill.

Storyteller / Cultural Narrative Designer
You dream up the emotional and thematic journey of a world rooted in Haudenosaunee protocols, values, symbols, teachings.

Language + Voice Designer / Prompt Crafter
You help shape how we use AI to generate bilingual dialogue, narration, or character voice with care, accuracy, and cultural depth.

Visual Designer / World Stylist
You bring the visuals to life: UI, visual flow, styling, and symbolic references. You help make the world beautiful, clear, and culturally grounded.

Bilingual Presenter + Pitch Designer
You help craft and deliver our pitch with confidence, style, and clarity in both Kanien’kéha and English. You’ll also help shape how we present our project online and to judges.

Tech Stack:
Your Preference for being successful in your role - within the guidelines & constraints of each competition
Tools and workflows will be accessible we’ll teach and learn together

Who We're Looking For:
No need to be a tech expert - curiosity and commitment matter most
Fluent or learning Kanien’kéha speakers
Leaders, Teachers, Students, Creatives, Designers, Storytellers, Presenters, UX minds
Passionate about Kanien’kéha revival & retention, Kanien’kéhake culture + emerging tech
Connected with Mohawk, Kanien’kéhake, Haudenosaunee, Onkwehonwe family and community.
You have internet access, laptop (for our team travel).
Online and remote team communication skills (email, phone, text, etc).
Able to travel within North America for in person team events and meetings.

What You’ll Get:
A chance to co-create bilingual immersive worlds
Experience building XR projects that will be seen by global judges
A supportive, Kanien’kéhake-led team focused on authenticity, respect and excellence
Portfolio projects, creative joy, and maybe a few wins

Interested? Let’s Talk.
Send a message to [email protected] with a few lines about you:
Your background (storytelling, design, language, tech, teaching, learning, etc.)
Your level of comfort with Kanien’kéha
Why you want to be part of this
Whether you're a fluent speaker, a language learner, a creative spirit, or tech-curious or a storyteller there's a place for you in this team.

Let’s build something we can all be proud of.

Send a message to learn more

07/13/2025

Matrix Decompositions in Language, Culture, and Code

Matrix decompositions (LU, QR, SVD) aren’t just dry mathematical tools. They’re ways of seeing. Of understanding complex systems. Of peeling back layers to reveal the structure underneath. For me, they’re as vital in language revival and cultural expression as they are in code or rendering pipelines.

I live in matrices. I bend space with thought. I apply transformation matrices not just to vertices in Blender or Maya, but to ideas, symbols, and soundwaves across languages, across realities, across time.

https://researchengineer.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/matrix-decompositions-in-language-culture-and-code/

Digital Art : Cloaked Sky Visitor in Ocean of Oil by MoniGarr

07/13/2025

Linear algebra helped me map relationships in language and space that I did not learn from Western systems. This post isn’t about math as abstraction. It’s about math as a tool for decolonization, cultural survival, and generative design.

https://researchengineer.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/what-linear-algebra-taught-me-about-kanienkeha-xr-and-ai/

07/11/2025

Cultural Intelligence is Not Artificial, It’s Ancient and Alive

07/05/2025

One example of Autodidact Learning - Self Directed Memorization of Conjugations, Pronouns... Consistent every morning when waking, every evening before sleeping, while waiting in line, during work breaks, during lunch break, while walking.

07/04/2025

Only 2 spots are left for students as of this morning in this Kanien'keha class.

07/02/2025

I just updated the Kanien’kéha Vocabulary Rules yaml file for the AKWESASNE dialect and it’s available in the code repository as of now.

If you are Kanien’kéhake and speak any of the other dialects / work with a Kanien’kéha speaking tech consultant, it’s fairly easy to use my yaml file as a template for your own Kanien’kéha dialect.

NOTE: This runs on your own computer and their is no need to upload / share / give away your community data to any tech corporations.

Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for monigarr mini-indig-llm-kit. Discuss code, ask questions & collaborate with the developer community.

06/29/2025

Indigenous Language Models
- Build a voice assistant for home or classroom use (offline)
- Translate stories and oral history for community archives
- Create auto-correct / grammar suggestion tools for youth
- Power interactive art, games, or cultural installations
- Enable simple chatbot apps to help learners explore your language
- Explore language patterns and preserve rare dialects through AI simulation

Powerful Features:
- Jupyter Notebooks for training, inference, evaluation, visualization
- Editable templates for your corpus, tokenizer rules, ethical consent files
- Low-spec compatible code — CPU fallback, offline-first deployment
- Worksheets for non-coders (artists, Elders, teachers, youth)
- Ethical frameworks for consent, data sovereignty, and cultural respect
- Public GitHub repo with clean structure and contribution guide

Let’s Bring Our Languages Back to Life