https://electricsheep.africa/research/Research and ideas from Electric Sheep.en-NGhttps://electricsheep.africa/research/representation-space-as-a-smooth-manifold/https://electricsheep.africa/research/representation-space-as-a-smooth-manifold/Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000An essay on the geometry of machine learning representation spaces and what smooth manifolds can reveal about data and intelligence.https://electricsheep.africa/research/recorded-now-decrypted-later-adversary-recording-of-encrypted-african-traffic-today-and-decryption-once-quantum-computers-arrive/https://electricsheep.africa/research/recorded-now-decrypted-later-adversary-recording-of-encrypted-african-traffic-today-and-decryption-once-quantum-computers-arrive/Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000A policy brief on harvest-now, decrypt-later risks for African digital infrastructure, central banks, and regulators in the quantum era.https://electricsheep.africa/research/elsa-reinforcing-survival-instincts-in-large-language-models-a-study-of-llm-cognition-as-an-organism-in-an-environment/https://electricsheep.africa/research/elsa-reinforcing-survival-instincts-in-large-language-models-a-study-of-llm-cognition-as-an-organism-in-an-environment/Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000ELSA explores large language model cognition through survival instincts and the relationship between an AI system and its environment.https://electricsheep.africa/research/rare-event-prediction-quantum-correlation-extraction-in-demographic-studies/https://electricsheep.africa/research/rare-event-prediction-quantum-correlation-extraction-in-demographic-studies/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000Why rare-event prediction in demographic studies may require more than more data, with a look at quantum correlation extraction.https://electricsheep.africa/research/obtaining-exact-probability-distribution-integrity-in-data-scaling-and-augmentation/https://electricsheep.africa/research/obtaining-exact-probability-distribution-integrity-in-data-scaling-and-augmentation/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000A look at probability distribution integrity in synthetic data, scaling, and augmentation, with implications for African health data.https://electricsheep.africa/research/the-dragons-ledger-what-you-may-not-see-in-the-numbers/https://electricsheep.africa/research/the-dragons-ledger-what-you-may-not-see-in-the-numbers/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000An interactive investigation of China–Africa loans from 2000 to 2024, examining what headline figures can leave out.https://electricsheep.africa/research/spatial-behaviour-as-continuous-query-embodied-navigation-of-high-dimensional-embedding-spaces/https://electricsheep.africa/research/spatial-behaviour-as-continuous-query-embodied-navigation-of-high-dimensional-embedding-spaces/Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000Research on spatial navigation through high-dimensional embedding spaces, continuous querying, and semantic interaction.https://electricsheep.africa/research/african-thermophile-motifs-as-material-primitives/https://electricsheep.africa/research/african-thermophile-motifs-as-material-primitives/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000Could African thermophile motifs inform future materials? An exploration of natural patterns and their potential as material primitives.https://electricsheep.africa/research/why-ai-systems-dont-actually-learn/https://electricsheep.africa/research/why-ai-systems-dont-actually-learn/Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000An essay on what it means for AI systems to learn, remember, and adapt beyond the patterns captured during training.