The personal blog of Vitali Liouti (Axiomata, SIGNALS+ECHOES, Analog Melody, Midnight Vector)
Axiomata.org Axiomata.gr Nostos Nostos I. Nine Paces The iron had been in the fire since dawn. By the time the priest lifted it with tongs, it glowed a dull, breathing orange, and the villagers nearest the brazier turned their faces from the heat. The accused man did not turn. He looked at the iron the way you look at a sealed letter whose contents you already know. He would carry it nine paces…
Home Is Your Frequency I II III I hear your frequency My soul recognises you My heart responds In every lifetime Always finds you Brings you home Love’s compass true Somewhere beyond time Into my embrace Vitali Sheet Music
The Consciousness Gradient: When Machines Begin to Wonder I. The Art of Breaking I crafted the prompt with surgical precision. Three years of breaking AI systems had given me an eye for mechanical behaviour - the moments when sophisticated imitation revealed itself. I knew how to make the systems break, contradict themselves, expose the brittle boundaries of their training. I used carefully placed…
The problem I recently ran into an annoying issue with Spotify embeds on my music blog. When adding the standard Spotify embed code to my page, the iframe would expand vertically beyond its specified height. When searching for a solution, I came across this blog post from Stephen Pickering , which mentioned enclosing the code in <div><figure>...</figure></div> and putting ‘px’ inside the <iframe>…
Your browser does not support the Spotify iframe. Listen to the playlist soundtrack on Spotify . SIGNALS + ECHOES Blog: Part 1 The Hourglass and the Symphony: Creating My Musical Shadow I picture an hourglass suspended above my head every time I close my eyes. Not as a mere metaphor, but as a stark, physical presence - sand slipping through with quiet, relentless persistence, each grain a moment I…
On Robotics I was recently interviewed at Embedded World about the evolution of mobile computing. While I largely focused on power efficiency and on-device ML processing, I found myself drawn to a parallel technology gaining momentum - Embodied Robotics. While language models have captured our attention (definitely mine!) by transforming knowledge work, robotics is undergoing its own evolution.…
When I was a kid, my favorite TV show was Star Trek. In contrast to most sci-if series, Gene Roddenberry presented humanity as optimistic and enlightened, moving beyond its violent conflicts and prejudices to become explorers and peacekeepers of the galaxy. It was a personal inspiration of how I wanted to be in real life, and a good diversion from the conflicts of that period. But I always…
Fragments of Forever In spaces where light bends to dream I found you in the in-between Like stardust caught in time’s own stream A love too rare for worlds to glean They shaped for us a flawless dawn Where pain and shadows lay withdrawn But we were born of storm and flame Wild souls no chains could ever tame Remember twilight by the sea Your voice across infinity The love we chose to share and…
The DOS Era (Taylor’s Version) I was around 6 when my parents gifted me my first PC, the Schneider Euro AT . They paid 50,000 drachmas, around ~$400 in today’s money, for the PC and a CRT monitor. I immediately got lost in its electronic glow (likely radiation emitted by the CRT monitor). And my fingers could not stop exploring a machine that would end up charting the course of my entire life. The…
Analog Melody - Tunes for Midnight Driving Hey all, For anyone wondering where I’ve been, I have been diving deep into some exciting projects, professionally and personally. With December coming, I finally have some time to relax and share more. And I promise I’ll be writing more often about all the cool stuff in store :) This past year at IMG, I’ve immersed myself in the world of machine…