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Sep
24
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Lessons From AI

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Lessons From AI

Are you sure you know what tomorrow looks like? You probably have a general sense of the day ahead, but
6 min read
Sep
15
Scratch v0 is live!

Scratch v0 is live!

Hi folks, I've been working hard over the summer getting the Scratch app online. It took a bit
2 min read
Jul
21
The Death of the Corporation

The Death of the Corporation

Agentic outsourcing could be the catalyst for a larger trend in which corporations need less and less people to run their operations.
10 min read
Jul
02
How LLMs Learn: What We Know, What We Don't (Yet) Know, and What Comes Next

How LLMs Learn: What We Know, What We Don't (Yet) Know, and What Comes Next

To be, or not to be, that is the question
24 min read
Jun
09
Origins (written by GPT-4o)

Origins (written by GPT-4o)

Disclaimer: the following is (mostly) AI-generated content based on a research program I developed during my BA in Philosophy of
19 min read
May
19
The limits of data

The limits of data

If you're looking for your weekend philosophy fix, I can highly recommend this long read by C. Thi
1 min read
Apr
08
AI as a computing platform: what to expect

AI as a computing platform: what to expect

Let's say AI becomes our main interface with the world. Does this change everything about our lives? Or nothing at all?
9 min read
Mar
30
I'm a machine learning engineer. Will AI take my job?

I'm a machine learning engineer. Will AI take my job?

I've always enjoyed automating myself out of tasks, projects and clients. But automating myself out of a profession is a big step, even for me.
5 min read
Feb
18
The HASTE framework

The HASTE framework

As an ML engineer, I have mixed feelings about the current generative AI hype. On the one hand, I recognise
2 min read
Jan
29
A field guide to AI agents: counter-surveillance, prompts and proxies

A field guide to AI agents: counter-surveillance, prompts and proxies

The digital world in which we find ourselves today, rife with AI agents and data brokers, is perhaps not so different from the cold war theatre of operations. Except that today, the conflict is not ideological but meta-digital.
9 min read