ShitScience / SSICED ↗
A fictional research institute exploring how credentials, presentation and circular citation can manufacture the appearance of authority.
Windows release · Linux and iOS previews
Find your Mirid. On your desktop or in your browser.
Mirid is designed to make open-source, private AI conversation and creativity accessible to adults aged 18 and over. You should not have to be an "AI person" to use it.
It brings the work of open-source AI developers into a more approachable interface, with local use intended to give you greater control over your conversations. Mirid grew out of my personal AI workstation, Eloquent.
Mirid is free for personal, research and business use. Get the Windows release, try the Linux desktop preview or explore the iOS source preview. You can also try chat in your browser with your own NanoGPT or OpenRouter key.
I'm Bernard Peter Fitzgerald, Mirid's independent Australian developer. I'm seeking funding, a development partnership or an acquisition conversation to support the project's next stage.
[email protected] · Funding, partnership and acquisition enquiries
Projects & publications
Building tools. Examining the stories told about them.
Alongside Mirid, I write about information, institutional authority and the right to decide. ShitScience and Nepravda put some of those questions into public view through satire and editorial work.
Nepravda ↗
A companion editorial publication with institutional satire and clearly labelled, sourced nonfiction commentary.
Boxil.ai ↗
An AI research subsidiary of mirid.ai, based in Dalian. Explore the Roy model programme, technical documentation and research.
Safety does not motivate AnthropicBernard Fitzgerald | Guest Editor | Nepravda Non-Fiction
AI research and the circular production of authority →
When correcting an AI becomes the task →My take on why Nate Silver calls Opus 'stubborn'