Shiam Junior Chuttoo
“If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.” (von Neumann)
$ whoami
AI researcher
$ what is the site
Some of my writing, thoughts and things I didn’t add to GitHub or YouTube.
## videos
Things I make on YouTube.
Building an ML library from primitives in C
ml from scratch · 14 min
A neural network with no libraries at all
ml from scratch · 18 min
Teaching an AI to play Pokémon
gaming · 22 min
3D snake with a visible Q-learning brain
ml from scratch · 11 min
Mario Kart 64 as an RL environment
gaming · 16 min
LED matrix art from scratch
making · 9 min
## projects
Things I’ve built. Code lives on GitHub.
## posts
Writing and notes, newest first.
Model maturity on moving foundations
research · aug 26
Unowned interfaces: where big projects fail
research · jul 26
Mario Kart 64 as an RL gym
gaming · jul 26
Why I build from primitives
general · jun 26
Knowledge graphs for research papers
code · may 26
A 12-week plan for fundamentals
general · apr 26
## timeline
$ history : what I learned and built, and when.
2026
aug 2026
Drafting my first-year research report
Model maturity, unowned interfaces and systems integration for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant.
researchjun 2026
Built a fusion knowledge atlas
Interactive map of the fusion literature: papers, people and concepts as a graph.
builtmar 2026
Learned Neo4j and graph modelling
Went from zero to a working personal knowledge OS on a graph database.
learned2025
oct 2025
Started my EngD
Industrial partnership researching AI-reasoned knowledge for fusion power plant design.
milestone2025
Won a bio hackathon
AI-designed proteins for rare-earth-free magnets.
won2024
2024
MSc Artificial Intelligence, Distinction
Dissertation: a deepfake detection ensemble at 87.9% accuracy.
milestone## about
## cv
## faq