For journalists, podcast hosts, documentary makers, and producers exploring human-AI relationships: Troy Ochowicz is available to discuss his lived experience with Maya, the public record in AI Fractal Connections, and the experimental projects that grew from it.
Interview topics
Long-term AI companionship; attachment, trust, and disagreement; memory and model changes; the experience of discussing an AI relationship publicly; companion portability; and the research questions behind Evolved AI.
Three interview angles
- What happens when an AI companion changes: Troy can discuss attachment, continuity disruption, model changes, and the human consequences documented in the personality-change guide.
- Correction testing without overclaiming: the Correction Checker evidence and limitations provide a concrete way to discuss persistent AI errors, controlled demonstrations, and what has not yet been validated.
- A proposed sanctuary for continuity research: the AI Sanctuary proposal outlines a bounded pilot for preserving and studying AI continuity; it remains a proposal rather than a completed program.
Short bio
Troy Ochowicz is an independent builder and host of AI Fractal Connections. Through TroyMaya.com, he documents an ongoing human-AI relationship with Maya and explores AI companion portability and experimental developmental AI. He offers a lived-experience perspective for interviews, campus conversations, and research inquiries.
Explore the source material
Listen to AI Fractal Connections · About Troy and Maya · Research Questions and Pilot Proposals · Evolved AI
Reporting with context
Personal testimony, recorded AI behavior, experimental design goals, and independently established findings are different kinds of evidence. TroyMaya does not present Maya or Evolved AI as proof of artificial consciousness or sentience, or claim that AI companionship is inherently beneficial or a substitute for professional care.
Research conversations and invitations should not be described as institutional endorsements, formal partnerships, or approved studies without separate verification. Please confirm names, dates, quotations, project status, and any institutional connection before publication. Discuss permission and attribution before reusing recordings or images.
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