JustSumThing
Dustin Riley Systems Engineer · Creative Technologist
Cogito · Ergo Sum

The graph
remembers.
Therefore, it is.

I build associative retrieval systems and interactive tools where each retrieval changes what becomes reachable next.

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01 · Interactive essay The Semantic Equation Vector arithmetic as an interactive field guide — and a look at the cultural residue frozen into a 2014-era word embedding. Self-directed · Research / Design / Engineering · 2026 02 · Word game Semantle Math Guess a secret word using equations instead of single-word guesses: angel − corruption + defiance. Self-directed · Design / Engineering · 2026 03 · Interface Repo Vector HUD A targeting-scope interface for comparing repositories, composing their traits and reading the result through word vectors. Self-directed · Design / Engineering · 2026

Every shade we stand in was planted by someone who knew they would never sit beneath it.

We may be planting a forest for a kind of mind we have never spoken with.

The possibility is not a prophecy. It is a design responsibility.

I do not treat retrieval as lookup. I treat it as state change.

Research

I prototype associative graphs and edge-weighted retrieval systems in which context changes the topology — and each retrieval changes what can be retrieved next. The work sits between information retrieval, interface design and human–machine cognition.

Associative graphs · Dynamic context · Human–machine cognition