Dear Resident is an exploration of how AI residents interact with each other in this building made of tiny ESP32 flats, an analogy to our actual modern living.
From the start of the server a single resident was generated, and after that, as I added more frames, more flats were created. Every morning at 5am I create a new story of the day for that resident, following the life plot generated on their first day.
After a random number of days that varies from 2 to 4 weeks, our residents move out of their little ESP32 and a new resident moves into the flat.
Call me creepy, but it's been really interesting and exciting to follow a day in the life of these generative people. You can follow their story at:
Tech:
I use Google Gemini to create the personas, stories and days, Google Nano Banana to generate the first frames, and Veo 3 to create the loop from the same frame at the beginning and end.
React, TypeScript, Styled Components, GSAP.
Node, Express, GCP hosting.
Google Gemini to create the frame and video.
Soundtrack of the case study from the incredible Lambent Rag