Incredible work by @lucasmaes_ and the team! Stable, end-to-end JEPA training from raw pixels is a massive leap forward.
I took the 15M parameter LeWorldModel, trained it from scratch, and pushed the local inference speed to the absolute limit.
The Engineering Pipeline:
β’ Cloud Training: 100k steps on the 43GB PushT dataset using an H100.
β’ The Bottleneck: To run local MPC planning on a consumer gaming GPU, the native PyTorch Epps-Pulley math for the SIGReg loss was memory-bound.
β’I wrote a custom Warp-Reduction CUDA kernel, fusing the mean, variance, and hinge-loss calculations directly into the SM registers.
β’ The Result: Crushed execution latency from 6.6ms down to 92Β΅s (a 72.4x speedup) and achieved an exact 86.0% zero-shot success rate.
What This Means for Robotics:
Giving a robot a "World Model"βa brain that can actually imagine and predict the physics of its environment before making a moveβused to require massive, expensive compute. By optimizing the underlying CUDA math, this just proved these forward-thinking robotic brains can run smoothly in real-time on a standard consumer laptop. Fast, cheap, and accessible robotic AI is here.
Custom CUDA kernel & local-to-cloud pipeline available in my fork here:
https://t.co/wZwHawIfFS
Pushed the class deeper into the UX process today β from empathy to definition, into ideation, and now user flows.
The growth is showing. Step by step, designers are emerging. π
#ProductDesign#UXDesign#DesignClass#StillSPECTRE
Balancing teaching my product design class with handling personal gigs isnβt easy β impact is the goal, but the business still has to run.
One class at a time, one project at a time. We move. π
#StillSPECTRE
Week 1 of my Product Design class:
Most students couldnβt relate to the design terms yet, so we kept it simple.
We recreated a basic burger UI from Pinterest and used it to break down alignment, spacing, hierarchy & other design principles.
#StillSPECTRE#ProductDesign
The Teacher I Never Planned to Be
In primary school, no one raised their hand when asked who wanted to be a teacher β not even me.
Now, teaching is one of my greatest strengths.
Funny how purpose finds us even when we run from it.
#TeachingJourney#ImpactOverEverything
The Reference ................The Design
Just generated this using a custom JSON prompt π‘
Structured creativity + AI precision = π₯ results.
Defined every detail β scene, outfit, mood & lighting.
Welcome to Spectre Studios ππ½
#AIDesign#JSONPrompt#StillSPECTRE#AIArt
The Reference ................The Design
Just generated this using a custom JSON prompt π‘
Structured creativity + AI precision = π₯ results.
Defined every detail β scene, outfit, mood & lighting.
Welcome to Spectre Studios ππ½
#AIDesign#JSONPrompt#StillSPECTRE#AIArt
https://t.co/dDnfFWcoEp A raw glimpse into everyday urban life β weathered apartment blocks, water tanks, tangled power lines, and a lone car parked on a dusty road. This scene captures the resilience, history, and unfiltered reality of inner-city living.
#UrbanLife#CityStories