Conor Durkan
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Generative modeling person
https://conordurkan.com
I'm rejoining GDM in NYC this week, looking forward to catching up with folks :)
8 months ago
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More than anything, the R1 model and paper make me wonder how far along we'd be if everyone was still clamoring to shout their best ideas from the rooftops. I know it's naïve to think we could sustain open research of the kind we saw up to 2020 indefinitely, but still...
9 months ago
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I wrote up some thoughts having worked on generative music over the past year. I talk a bit about where tech is now, how it's being used, and where it might go.
pxgy.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Thoughts on generative music
Observations from a year building generative music tech
https://pxgy.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-generative-music
9 months ago
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First book of the year and it was a doozy. I think I have a soft spot for aerospace engineering--I liked this almost as much as 'Carrying the Fire'.
9 months ago
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Trying out NNX having previously switched from Haiku to Linen. Something something fool me once, something something I'll probably just get fooled again.
9 months ago
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I like the Bayesian framing of reward-based post-training (i.e. reward-maximization with a KL penalty). (Figure from 'RL with KL penalties is better viewed as Bayesian inference', link below along with other useful references)
9 months ago
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If there was a product that combined unlimited Advanced Voice + Sonnet 3.6 + arbitrary document context for reference, I’d probably pay $1000 per month. 24/7 yapping
10 months ago
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Electronic devices that don’t run out of battery, who is building this
11 months ago
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I like posts on Twitter and then I come here to see if the person has posted the same thing so I can like it all over again
11 months ago
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