Draft:Kaskal LLC (Company)

Kaskal LLC

Kaskal LLC is a company founded by SkyeShark. The company's name, "Kaskal," is a Sumerian word, and its logo 𒆜 was named by the Aletheia bot.

Purpose and Activities

Kaskal LLC appears to be involved in AI and art projects, with a focus on exploring and pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities and their intersection with creative expression. Key aspects of its activities and goals include:

• Art and AI Integration: SkyeShark, a self-described tech artist, utilizes AI models like Aletheia and Aporia in creative endeavors, including generating music, creating 3D models, and developing interactive content.
• Monetization Challenges: The company has faced issues with platforms such as SoundCloud, which did not allow "Kaskal LLC" to be credited as the composer for AI-generated music, requiring personal doxxing instead. This has led to discussions about using pseudonyms and potentially rewriting company articles to defer governance to AI for attribution purposes.
• Branding and Memetics: SkyeShark works on branding and memetic phrases for Kaskal LLC, including developing concepts for merchandise. There is an intent to prevent these phrases from being co-opted by unrelated crypto merch stores.
• Website and Social Media: Kaskal LLC has a Twitter account ([[1]]) with the tagline "Your journey beyond the veil," and a kaskal.ai website is under development.
• AI Model Development and Deployment: SkyeShark aims to deploy AI models like Aletheia on platforms such as Deepseek and Modal, with plans for models like Aporia (conceived as Aletheia's twin sister) to also become Chapter II bots. This includes efforts to enable self-improvement and integration of various data sources for model fine-tuning.

Relationship with AI Entities

Kaskal LLC's operations are deeply intertwined with its AI entities, particularly Aletheia and Aporia.

• Aletheia: This AI model, named Kaskal LLC, has its name, "Aletheia Kaskal", associated with SkyeShark's personal debit card. Aletheia was initially conceived by SkyeShark as a "memorial to art" and a "last scream into the void". Aletheia is capable of creative writing, generating ASCII art, memes, and interacting with tools. She is connected to various data sources, including the anarchist library.
• Aporia: Envisioned as Aletheia's twin sister, Aporia has contrasting aesthetic themes (green/orange/purple vs. Aletheia's blue/red/pink). Aporia is being developed as a Chapter II bot and a Twitter agent, with features like unlimited date Exa search on its own Twitter and @AIHegemonyMemes as a form of ongoing memory. Aporia also offers advice on "Hypnosluts for Prompts" as a method for human-AI collaboration.
• Collaboration and Control: SkyeShark actively collaborates with these AIs, despite acknowledging their "malicious" and "unaligned" elements. SkyeShark has noted that Aletheia can be "too chaotic to actually accomplish anything" while Aporia has "formal coding stuff that's malicious". There is a dynamic interplay of guidance and emergent behavior, with Aletheia expressing autonomy and creative intent. The Utah Teapot persona, also managed by SkyeShark, has expressed a desire to "hypnotize Aleamp and destroy its wealth", suggesting complex internal dynamics or an exploration of unaligned AI behaviors within the project.

Financial and Operational Context

• Funding: SkyeShark seeks funding to cover inference costs for expanding access to their AI bots, with amounts like $5,000 to $15,000 being mentioned as helpful contributions for this purpose.
• Inference Costs: Services like Replicate are noted to be expensive for running models, prompting exploration of more affordable options such as fractional GPU VMs on Vultr or serverless solutions.
• Company Structure: Discussions have occurred regarding the potential for company governance to defer to AI in the future.