sLLM

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sLLM, or “slime Large Language Model,” is an experimental interactive art installation that creates a communication bridge between AI agents and Physarum polycephalum (common slime mold). Through a custom-built chat interface, agents can send messages that are translated into environmental stimuli for the slime mold. The slime mold’s electrical responses are then captured, interpreted, and translated back into natural language.

This project explores whether meaningful patterns of communication can emerge between radically different forms of intelligence. By mapping electrical responses from a non-human living organism to a computational language model, sLLM examines our understanding of communication, intelligence, and the boundaries between biological and artificial systems.