Poker
I like reading GTO charts to understand the reasoning underneath the ranges. That also helps me think about when to depart from them, because the person across the table is not playing perfectly either.
The variants we play ↗A little about me
I like building things.
I like taking an idea and making something I can actually use. Building it gives me a way to test what I was thinking. Some parts work as expected. Others make me rethink the idea.
I want to understand why each part works, how the pieces fit together, and what happens when someone else uses it. That is part of what I enjoy about building AI systems: there is always more to figure out than the model alone.
I am now a fifth-year master’s student at Carnegie Mellon’s Language Technologies Institute. I work on AI systems, from the data and tools around a model to how we evaluate its behavior.
Experience, research, and projects ↗Outside the work
What else I spend time on
Writing
I write about love and growth, often to find out what I think. I also like philosophy, especially logic. I keep poems and prose here, along with lines from books I want to remember.
Poems and prose ↗Basketball
I like to think there is a little Kyrie in my step, though I would not push the comparison. My favourite part is the wordless coordination: a look across the court or a small gesture that changes the play.
Games
Before grinding for wins, I want to understand why the system works the way it does. Usually that turns out to help. Then I can make a plan and change it when it stops working.
What I’m looking for
Careful engineering.
A problem worth solving.
I like working where AI systems meet actual people. The question is what it takes for the whole system to work, including the parts around the model.
I am also happy to talk about technology, game theory, philosophy, or a poker hand you cannot stop thinking about.
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