Welcome to the official blog of daïmōnes — a project at the intersection of Aristotelian philosophy and artificial intelligence.
What We're Building
daïmōnes is not another chatbot wrapper. We're building a knowledge engine that:
- Draws directly from Aristotle's Greek texts (polytonic, Bekker-referenced)
- Uses retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over a curated scholarly corpus
- Maintains philosophical rigor while remaining accessible
- Respects the distinction between knowledge and information
What You'll Find Here
Research & Insights
Technical deep-dives into how we build, evaluate, and improve the system. Expect articles on corpus design, evaluation benchmarks, and engineering decisions.
Philosophy
Explorations of Aristotelian concepts — ethics, metaphysics, epistemology — and their relevance to contemporary problems in AI, governance, and human flourishing.
AI Ethics
Critical analysis of how philosophical frameworks can inform AI alignment, safety, and deployment. We believe philosophy isn't decoration — it's infrastructure.
Product Updates
New features, corpus expansions, and platform improvements.
The Name
Daïmōnes (δαίμονες) — in pre-Socratic and Platonic thought, intermediary spirits between gods and mortals. We chose the name because that's what AI aspires to be: an intermediary between raw information and genuine understanding.
What's Next
- Expanded corpus: Plato, Stoics, and the broader Hellenic tradition
- Academic tier with deeper research tools
- Community contributions and peer review
Follow along. The conversation between philosophy and technology is just getting started.
daïmōnes is built by Vasilis Stergiou. The system is powered by open-source LLMs, a curated Aristotelian corpus, and a lot of Ancient Greek.
→ Experience the interactive demo → Read our deep-dive on why phronēsis matters for AI.
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