Richard Thompson (@richardmthompson)

What 2 Years of Self-taught AI Engineering actually looks like

I spent 2 years and 2,500 hours teaching myself AI engineering. Here's the unfiltered truth: the dead ends, incomplete projects, and what I actually built

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Nov 14, 2025

CORE-LOOP: Managing Complex Two-Way Voice Conversation via Agent / LLM

Ui v2.0? Putting the conversation at the core of the interface

19 min readrichardmthompson.hashnode.dev

Apr 22, 2025

Implementing AI-Assisted Concept Building in an Android Voice Interface

AI-assisted concept building in Android voice interfaces enhances conversation flow and user interaction through sophisticated architecture

9 min readrichardmthompson.hashnode.dev

Mar 25, 2025

Designing a Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Human-Computer Interaction

A flexible cognitive architecture enhances human-AI interaction, balancing goal-setting and information exchange with simplicity

11 min readrichardmthompson.hashnode.dev

Dec 12, 2024

STATE-MACHINES: How to Begin Building an Agent from Scratch on Android

Conversational AI: The DNA of the next generation of operating system. The complexities of conversational agents varies according to how complex the task is. Ultimately, we will all be interacting with agents (operating systems) on our computers that...

16 min readrichardmthompson.hashnode.dev

Nov 27, 2024

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What 2 Years of Self-taught AI Engineering actually looks like

CORE-LOOP: Managing Complex Two-Way Voice Conversation via Agent / LLM

Implementing AI-Assisted Concept Building in an Android Voice Interface

Designing a Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Human-Computer Interaction

STATE-MACHINES: How to Begin Building an Agent from Scratch on Android

Richard Thompson

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Richard Thompson's blogs

What 2 Years of Self-taught AI Engineering actually looks like

CORE-LOOP: Managing Complex Two-Way Voice Conversation via Agent / LLM

Implementing AI-Assisted Concept Building in an Android Voice Interface

Designing a Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Human-Computer Interaction

STATE-MACHINES: How to Begin Building an Agent from Scratch on Android

Richard Thompson

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Richard Thompson's blogs

What 2 Years of Self-taught AI Engineering actually looks like

CORE-LOOP: Managing Complex Two-Way Voice Conversation via Agent / LLM

Implementing AI-Assisted Concept Building in an Android Voice Interface

Designing a Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Human-Computer Interaction

STATE-MACHINES: How to Begin Building an Agent from Scratch on Android

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Richard Thompson

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Richard Thompson's blogs

What 2 Years of Self-taught AI Engineering actually looks like

CORE-LOOP: Managing Complex Two-Way Voice Conversation via Agent / LLM

Implementing AI-Assisted Concept Building in an Android Voice Interface

Designing a Flexible Cognitive Architecture for Human-Computer Interaction

STATE-MACHINES: How to Begin Building an Agent from Scratch on Android