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Prompt Injections are Second Law Artifacts
I’ve been reading Isaac Asimov’s books recently; he was far ahead of his time — highly recommended.
Even if you haven’t read him, you may be familiar with his fundamental rules of robotics that guide robots with positronic brains:
First Law:
A robot may not injure a human being …
My Disappointment with Local AI
I really love the idea of local AI: minimal latency, maximal privacy, and a $0 token budget.
When I went into my AI deep dive, I had a clear ambition of making something work well locally. After emerging to the surface, I must admit that the platform is just not there yet, and that any good …
A Call for European AI
Europe is approaching artificial intelligence the way it often approaches transformative technologies: regulation first.
That is not a weakness. It is a strength. AI will reshape economies, labor markets, defense systems, and social structures. A strong regulatory framework is necessary: it protects …
Where I'm Focusing Next
Over the past few months, I’ve been exploring and reflecting on two things: AI and the kind of impact I want my work to have.
I’ve explored everything from prototyping applications and running models locally to studying academic research and the foundation models driving today’s AI …
Where I Focus in AI
I sometimes need to explain where in the AI stack I’ve been deep-diving lately, so here’s a brief clarification.
I’ve worked across the pipeline but found a particular academic interest in the training-time stages of AI. This includes understanding model variants and internals, how …
AI is the Modern Steam Engine
The steam engine was not an overnight success.
One of the first real commercial successes was mine pumping - a device to pump away water from mines that constantly flooded. Indispensable to the mining industry around 1712, but without broad societal transformation for another half a century. …