The JCArtes Foundation is a small, family-run effort building God-centered artificial intelligence, open hardware and open software, and free educational material. This page explains who that is and how it works.
What The Name Means
JCArtes is an acronym: Jesus Christ, Arthur & Rachel, Translation & Engineering Services. The ordering is deliberate and is not decoration — it is the order in which this work is understood here.
The word also does a second job. In Spanish, artes means the arts, which is fitting for an organization that treats engineering as a craft rather than an industry.
Who We Are
Arthur is an electronics engineer and a software developer. When this site says engineering, it means electronics engineering, not civil — a distinction worth making before somebody asks about bridges. The hardware, the software, and the AI work are all his.
Rachel is a certified Spanish/English interpreter and translator for the court system, and handles the Foundation’s translation needs. The Translation in the name is hers, and it is not honorary.
How This Foundation Operates
There are no employees, and there never will be. That is a settled position rather than a stage the Foundation hopes to grow out of. Work that needs doing beyond the two of us is done by private contractors, on terms agreed for that work.
Everything published is open:
- Software is open source, in one version. Nothing is held back to sell as a professional edition later.
- Hardware is documented and offered in kit form, so it can be understood and repaired rather than merely owned.
- Educational material is free, and contributed work is welcome.
The one exception is ASI1:MRB, the artificial intelligence project. Its code is being developed under the GPL, but it will not be made public until we are satisfied it works properly. That is a public-safety judgment, not a commercial one, and the license does not change.
What We Hold
The Foundation works from the King James Bible, reads Genesis as an account of what happened, and keeps real science while leaving out frameworks that cannot be tested. Those standards matter most to people thinking of sending us their work, so they are set out in full — along with what we are looking for and how to submit it — on What We Believe, And What We Will Publish.
If you are considering contributing, read that page first. It will tell you quickly whether this is the right home for your work.
Getting In Touch
Write to Support@JCArtes.Org. That is the address for manuscripts, contracting enquiries, bug reports on the software, and anything else. It is read by a person.