Noel Victor

Notes

I run the
experiments.

Short posts from the workbench. AI video and audio, local models, agents, and the occasional opinion. These go up on LinkedIn first and land here after.

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2026

  1. A cinematic Zelda short, scored and shot by AI

    • AI video
    • AI audio
    • editing

  2. A 60-second AI song, generated in 9 seconds

    • AI audio
    • local AI

  3. Local AI video: 480p in 90 seconds

    • AI video
    • local AI
    • performance

  4. AI shorts I would actually watch

    • AI video

  5. Fine-tuning Gemma 4 without the lobotomy

    • fine-tuning
    • local AI

  6. Half-working 3D vision in an afternoon

    • reverse engineering
    • graphics

  7. A frontier model plays a PS1 JRPG, end to end

    • agents
    • evaluation

  8. Quantifying agentic gains, model over model

    • agents
    • evaluation

  9. Hands-free Android setup via agentic AI

    • agents
    • automation

  10. Computer control hits a wall on the hard tasks

    • agents

  11. Your OS matters more than your prompt

    • tooling
    • opinion

  12. "Powered by AI" is meaningless. Ask which one.

    • opinion

  13. The AI burnout pattern nobody is flagging

    • opinion
    • engineering management