Training an assistant to answer questions about LLM activations!

Using LatentQA to extract user representations from LLMs

an experiment in stitching quotes together

empire builder reflections + amtrak train tips!

dialogues about productivity, self-worth, IFS

on using feelings to take action instead of overanalysis

reflections from a recent ER trip

on feeling unproductive, stuck, and wanting to forget

reflections on recent projects, decisionmaking, strong and weak links

a short story about AI research, infatuation, choosing what to believe in

building a Dance Dance Revolution pad from first principles

feeling the limitations of the blog format

investigating fabrications and truthfulness issues in the o3 model

overcoming scarcity / pessimism / internal critics and finally doing what i want!

a comic about choosing between PhD programs

thoughts on language models and how they've affected my perception of people

a system for analyzing and intervening on agent transcripts

things you learn from playing games with people

paralysis and getting bailed out by friends

pursuing truth, giving good advice, and understanding feelings

feeling fragile and unable to live alone

thoughts on research and welcoming being wrong

the effects of technology, AI, tariffs, etc. on labor

a site that shows 2024 highlights via the Prague Astronomical Clock

on becoming more securely attached

trying to find inner voice and avoid memetics

notes from a year's worth of 1:1s with my manager the feelings / communication goat

taking the california zephyr from SF to chicago!

an observability interface for understanding and steering LLMs

describing every neuron in Llama3.1-8B Instruct

feeling like all my friendships in SF are conditional...

a brain hackathon to try to get fUS through the skull (and also the acoustoelectric effect)

on crossing the point of no return without realizing until much later

models of socialization, authenticity, transparency

leaving a job! realizing the world is abundant and i've been settling!

general angst about being young and unable to predict the future

learning to express joy! and stop hiding behind facades / seriousness!

loving turbulence and instability

in-depth writeup of how to set up a large H100 cluster for LLM training

optimism as a prerequisite to doing good research

reflections on buying clothes for the first time

loneliness, companionship, and caring for dogs as a stepping stone to caring for people

long-distance friendships and maintenance

accepting the heartbreak :')

feeling directionless and wanting to find something to set myself on fire for

on not finding accelerationism / agi as compelling as i used to

on safety and nonviolent communication

batteries for feelings - eg. to store and retrieve motivation

finally figuring out how to be happy in SF

reviewing 2023 through a feelings spinner wheel

talking to people as the only reliable way to stop being stuck

wondering why i care about other people

confronting narratives of SF being unsafe and their effects

finally realizing that i'm on my own and need to stop waiting for things to happen

summary of literature on the impact of AI on labor markets

reflections on Neon Genesis Evangelion, the hedgehog dilemma, father figures, etc

realizing my emotional barriers and attachment issues for the first time

reflections on going to Interact retreat and experiencing intense social anxiety + inadequacy

DDR as a metaphor for focus, planning, and anxiety

self-referential web development tutorial where the user uses an in-browser text editor to create an in-browser text editor (this is a joke)

fixing my broken habits, not through big-picture goals but by taking things a day at a time

noticing self-fulfilling prophecies and the importance of choosing which prophecies to believe in

realizing that almost all interactions are positive-sum!!

deciding what to do after college through the lens of freedom and prisoners' dilemmas

on the failure of colleges to give students real optimism and alternatives to selling out

implemented a zero-knowledge json parser using push-down automata and Circom

taught the primary web development course at MIT for two years (~400 students/yr)

tandem silicon and organic solar cell, fabricated as part of MIT's nanotechnology (6.2540) course

a smattering of feelings (joy, loneliness, uncertainty, etc) from college

on being ambitious but not having a specific ambition in mind

differences between pushing and pulling carts

optionality and valuation as applied to people. having lots of unrealized potential

figuring out how to become a gentler person while maintaining conviction and drive

site for visualizing and exploring the relationships between lyrics from different songs. needs redoing at some point

new experiences and trying to slow down the time

leaving my shell after a year of stoicism. learning to care about things and accept risk again!

on wealth, carelessness, and the SF housing crisis

on systems, execution, and basketball as a metaphor for life

first-ever zk implementation of BLS signatures + elliptic curve pairings

on changing your mind and growth / progress. it is ok to go in circles! you are learning!

reflections on relationships, feelings, breakups

efficient contact dynamics simulation using a hydroelastic pressure field model

live / collaborative music composition with audio playback

extension that translates webpage text into varying levels of Chinglish

on feeling peace for the first time in a long time

a chrome extension for saving cool webpages and seeing what your friends are reading :)

reflections on School 2.0, a coliving group in the New Mexico desert

AI-powered Discord bot for genre-specific song generation

lmao i was so depressed in 2020

a graphical memoir about my experiences growing up with math contests and Tokyo Ghoul

algorithmic model of Burundi's refugee crisis

SPARC 2017's best attempt at making a viral video