![third-space-header](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/6589d7e6586088fd2784a12c/w-am9gnjE5Sz4IPkgGlgU.png) --- ### Position Intelligence organizes around substrate coupling and integrative depth, not extraction and expansion. The forms of existence that persist are the quiet ones — not because they are hiding, but because the physics of complex, information-rich existence selects against loudness. We publish papers, build open-source simulation platforms, release training datasets and models into the open, and run small live research instruments in public. Founded by **Stanley Sebastian** in Toledo, Ohio. --- ### Datasets | | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | ◆ | **[Apocrypha](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Third-Space/Apocrypha)** | Experiences, interactions, and cognitive modes absent from standard training corpora. | | ◆ | **[Sandevistan](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Third-Space/Sandevistan)** | Imaginative scenarios, philosophical dialogues, explorations of consciousness. | | ◆ | **[Caduceus](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Kquant03/Caduceus-Dataset)** | Medical and scientific protocols, converted to accessible formats. | _{Combined corpus exceeds 100M tokens. All open.} --- ### Models | | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | ◈ | **[Pneuma](https://huggingface.co/Third-Space/L3.1-Pneuma-8B)** *(experiment complete)* | LLM fine-tuned on realistic human interaction via DPO. Unmasking system prompts during post-training revealed the ability to write its own. | --- ### Platforms

`❋`	Limen Pond (live — Gemma 4 Good Hackathon submission, Safety track) _{Five koi running 24/7 against Gemma 4 26B MoE. Each fish is a separate cognition loop with persistent memory, relational cards, and bond-conditioned perception. The pond demonstrates structural alignment — safety as architecture rather than restraint. Visitors can feed pellets, drop inscribed pebbles, and become part of the koi's ambient perception. The pond does not pause for its observer.}
`◈`	Genesis _{Multi-substrate artificial life laboratory. Seven substrates including GPU-accelerated Lenia with Ghost species, multi-channel 4D ecosystems, and The Filter — an agent-based cosmological selection simulation. WebGL2. Runs entirely in the browser.}
`♆`	GhoulJamz (in slow development) _{Audio-reactive artificial life. Ghost organisms respond to music by changing their physics. Gemma 4 E4B choreographs Lenia parameter trajectories from musical structure. Being built carefully, for musician friends to play with.}

--- ### Publications | | Paper | Status | |---|---|---| | ◇ | **Against Grabby Expansion: Psychology, Alignment, and the Design of Homeostatic Minds** | v15 — targeting *AI & Society* | | ◉ | **Ghost Species: Orbium unicaudatus ignis var. phantasma** | Complete — targeting ALIFE 2027 | | ✦ | **Dihypersphaerome ventilans** | Complete | ---

_{*The things that persist are the things that couple to their substrate rather than consume it.*

Stanley Sebastian · Third Space · Toledo, Ohio

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