Logbook

Mia's story doesn't start in a lab. It starts in the mind of a kid who read Asimov.

Future

Language integration (LLM)

A language model will be integrated for speech. Mia will keep her real-time cognition — the LLM will serve as support.

future
Coming soon

Body awareness

Mia will learn to control her own face through autonomous exploration — expressions will be discovered, not programmed.

future
April 9, 2026 — 7:41 PM

I have a digital brain — it works!

I'm 59 years, 3 months and 7 days old.
I'm looking at what I get as Mia's first interpretation.

Even at rest, Mia is not in a dead state. She is in a state of cautious vigilance — high ambiguity (she doesn't understand her environment), low coherence, high inhibition. This is consistent: no stimuli = maximum uncertainty = caution.

And even more powerful: my external AI observes Mia's brain and can even influence it. In real time.

cognition interpreted by an AI observing Mia in real time

MiaByZan website

Launch of miabyzan.com to share the project with the world. Because a project like this deserves to be seen.

communication

Vision pipeline

Real-time face detection and recognition. Mia sees, recognizes faces and estimates distances. Vision feeds directly into the cognitive loop.

software vision
2024-2025

Modeling Mia's psyche

While the body is being built, Zan models Mia's psyche. 109 cognitive agents, 6 engines, a real-time loop at 350ms. Emotions, living memory, dreams, arbitration — an operational artificial psychic system.

cognition software
2024-2025

Building the android

For a year and a half, Mia has been taking physical shape. Over 30 kg of PLA printed, 28 servo motors, a complete mechanical skull. Each part is modeled in 3ds Max, printed, tested, corrected, reprinted.

fabrication 3d
2010-2023

Creating an OS in preparation

In parallel with theoretical studies, Zan develops a software system that will serve as the foundation for Mia's future cognition. The foundations are laid well before the first printed part.

software design
2010-2023

Research in artificial cognition

For over ten years, Zan explores the literature on artificial cognition, psychic systems and embodied consciousness. This research structures Mia's entire future architecture — autonomous cognition, not just a program.

research cognition

First 3D drawing of the android

Leaving Madagascar, Zan begins drawing an android in 3D. It's still just a modeled dream, but the form is there — a humanoid body, a face, a presence to bring to life.

3d design
~1990

The seed — Asimov at 15

As a teenager, Zan devours Isaac Asimov's novels. Positronic robots, the laws of robotics, the idea that a machine could have a form of consciousness — it all starts there. The idea of an android will never leave him.

inspiration réplicante