AI systems, product work, applied research

Arthur Calvi

Head of AI Acceleration at DxO Labs

I help product, support, and engineering teams turn AI from demos into reliable operating systems.

Founder of DailySurf (link coming soon)

I am building a journal-first surf progression product around memory, practice, and feedback.

This site is my public notebook and archive: systems, philosophy, and engineering notes from the work.

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The Model Has No Body
May 3, 2026 · AI-assisted

A collaborator can help by noticing the tacit constraints Arthur already understands but has not yet written into the system.

One Primitive, Reused Calmly
May 2, 2026 · AI-assisted

A good interface pattern behaves like an engineering primitive: it should be reused before the system invents near-duplicates.

Memory Should Not Interrupt the Work
May 1, 2026 · AI-assisted

Live assistants should retrieve lightly; slower agents can synthesize later, but the review surface must lead with the artifact.

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Detecting Tree Phenology from Space
January 1, 2025 · Research

A research note on using Sentinel-2 time series and harmonic analysis to distinguish seasonal forest behavior at national scale.