a vibe-code museum exhibit

Wind-Up Minds

Three small brains you can poke. None of them is smart. Each one does a surprising amount with very little, like a wind-up duck. Wires, thresholds and a few hundred numbers.

01 · 2 wires

Braitenberg Vehicles

Two light sensors, two wheels. Cross the wires and fear turns into aggression. Make them inhibit and you get love. Rewire them live.

JavaScript · canvas
02 · 21 neurons

The Worm

A sketch of the real C. elegans food-finding and touch circuits, built from threshold neurons. Drop food, poke its head, and watch the command neurons trade control.

JavaScript · spiking neurons
03 · ~100 weights

A Tiny Network, Learning

A neural network built from scratch in plain Python, running in your browser via Pyodide. Watch it learn to separate the dots. Edit the Python if you like.

Python · Pyodide