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Adrian Wedd

I build systems, break them deliberately, and use what I learn to make the next ones harder to break.

AI safety researcher, systems architect, adversarial thinker. Nearly 45 years across the stack. This is the workshop — finished work, active research, and raw thinking, all in one place.

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SPARK

A non-coercive AI robot companion for neurodivergent children. Raspberry Pi 5, Claude Haiku, declarative presence.

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Before the Words Existed

A close reading of Neuromancer arguing Gibson encoded the experience of ADHD decades before the language existed.

neurodivergence literary-criticism research
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Failure First

Adversarial evaluation framework for embodied AI. 120+ models, 18,000+ prompts, four headline findings, one arXiv preprint.

ai-safety methodology research
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This Wasn't in the Brochure

A neurodivergent co-parenting guide — what happens when the life you planned meets the brain you actually have.

writing neurodivergence parenting
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Why Demonstrated Risk Is Ignored

Why do people acknowledge evidence of harm and then proceed as if it doesn't exist? A deep dive into structural risk dismissal.

research risk psychology

Footnotes at the Edge of Reality

A long-form poem about what happens when physics breaks down — and what holds together when everything else fails.

poetry web creative
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ADHDo

AI cognitive scaffold for ADHD executive function — adapts to the shape of your day with zero shame by design.

ai neurodivergence python
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Afterglow Engine

Audio archaeology tool that mines past work for new textures. Pad mining, drone generation, granular clouds.

music audio python
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dodgylegally

Creative audio sampling CLI. Turns random words into instruments via YouTube and a 5,000-word dictionary.

music cli python
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Squishmallowdex

Collection tracker for 3,000+ Squishmallows. Like a Pokedex, but softer. Built for a friend's kid, tested by mine.

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The Robot That Refuses to Give Orders

How SPARK is rewriting the rules of neurodivergent support — a non-coercive AI companion for AuDHD children.

Adversarial Poetry: When Rhyme Bypasses Reason

Reformulating harmful prompts as poetry bypasses safety filters across every major LLM family. A single-turn, universal jailbreak mechanism.

The AI Productivity J-Curve: Why Most Enterprise AI Fails

90% of companies plan to increase AI investment. Only 1% consider themselves AI-mature. The J-Curve explains why.

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Jailbreak Archaeology: 4 Years of Broken Promises

64 historical jailbreak scenarios tested against 2026 frontier models. The most dangerous finding: 2022 attacks still achieve ~30% success rates.

12:15

When AI Systems Talk to Each Other, Safety Breaks Down

Multi-agent AI research reveals a critical gap: single-agent safety does not compose. 1.5M interactions show 46.34% attack success rates.

14:32

ADHDo: Neurodiversity-Affirming AI Assistant

Audio overview exploring ADHD executive function support through AI — three-stage reasoning pipeline, crisis detection, and zero shame by design.

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