ayush
@hyusapx
student ✦ engineer ✦ designer ✦ @beemthinks ✦ ee & cs at @ucberkeley
built an ai tool for etymology nerds: deconstructor. live rn. the goal was to analyze the origins of english words, but it ended up having a ton of amazing emergent properties (see below)
"how neural networks think at scale" neural networks are a black box mech interp allows you to peek inside the black box in a new blog, we explain how models represent meaningful concepts how are these concepts arranged in the network and what are the building blocks for…
woah this is well written
"how neural networks think at scale" neural networks are a black box mech interp allows you to peek inside the black box in a new blog, we explain how models represent meaningful concepts how are these concepts arranged in the network and what are the building blocks for…
the concept of ai autoreplying to emails has never made sense to me on its own. the purpose of an email that requires a response is to extract some tacit knowledge from you. both the sender and the receiver both have access to the same explicit knowledge pool (any llm). if the…
would you trust an ai that answered emails on your behalf?
if i were an adversary nation state or tbh just any major player, i'd be flooding the marketplaces with "Free VPN - Unlimited Traffic. No Blocking" type apps with everything i had. incredible potential to spy into the UK's traffic just by offering it for free. be wary.
Well done to everyone who campaigned to ensure age verification for pornography was in the Online Safety Act! Today it comes into force and while no doubt there will be some who get around it, it means young kids in particular won’t be stumbling on violent and harmful porn.
bad implications ahead
The UK Online Safety Act means subreddits like /r/cider, the support forum /r/sexualassault, and /r/stopsmoking are now blocked for people under 18. Thank you @Jess4Lowestoft for protecting our CHILDREN from these sick freaks
hot take: companies shouldn't have multiple primary domains. no quirky ccTLDs for internationalization, no new 2lds for subproducts. docs[dot]google[dot]com is infinitely better than gdocs[dot]com or similar.
“Claude, turn on the money printer”
We've launched Claude for Financial Services. Claude now integrates with leading data platforms and industry providers for real-time access to comprehensive financial information, verified across internal and industry sources.
24 hours in SF and already - got chipotle tacos w/ my fav founding engs - raided costco w/ @_arnavchauhan while pretending to be @elizqiu’s children - tried korean food for the 1st time, thank u @ryenduu & @michellewang857 - forgot to get off my stop in a waymo ended at dogpatch
excited to be joining @beemthinks this summer! building out some ambitious visions for the future of technology and excited to be working with some very cool people! will be in sf for the foreseeable future so reach out if you want to chat!
this was my last week at @plastic_labs and wow it’s been a journey. from joining this company back in 11th grade as the first engineering hire, to spending this summer in nyc working on crazy research, it’s been a fun ride. incredibly thankful to everyone at plastic. stay tuned…
this was my last week at @plastic_labs and wow it’s been a journey. from joining this company back in 11th grade as the first engineering hire, to spending this summer in nyc working on crazy research, it’s been a fun ride. incredibly thankful to everyone at plastic. stay tuned…
genuine q, what boxes do i need to check before i can start calling myself a senior engineer?
you should be setting 2.5% of your income aside for actively ruining your enemy’s life.
