The afternoon of November 11, 2026
From 15:34 to 16:18 on November 11, 2026, we recorded Mio’s internal state and behavior every two seconds. During that time she looked around at things in her room, sat for a while, and drank water once.
A thirst value and a single action
At the start of the record, her thirst value was 6.3%. It rose slowly and steadily, reaching 11.9% at 16:09:08.
At 16:09:00 she began walking toward a cup of water, and 14 seconds later she began to drink. By 16:09:24 the value had fallen to 0.9%.
State, choice, action, experience
Nervroid is designed so that bodily state informs the selection of action. As thirst rises, drinking water becomes a stronger option; drinking brings thirst back down. This record is one occasion on which that loop ran end to end in the actual prototype.
What this record does and does not show
This is an observation of one scene on one afternoon. The thirst level at which the action occurs varies with the situation, and the record does not show that the same sequence happens reliably every time.
We could record the temporal link between the change in value and the action. Whether Mio “feels” thirst cannot be known from this record. Nervroid is not at a stage where we claim to have confirmed consciousness or subjective experience.
Next, we will examine the link between state and action through longer records and through comparisons under varied conditions.