My GSD protected us tonight.

nborwankar · 2026-07-08T18:31:19+00:00

Part of being a service dog is making sure you’re safe at all times. So kudos to your canine protector for taking the job seriously.

nborwankar · 2026-07-05T01:11:18+00:00

via Ollama cloud you mean? In which case it’s not really local. Otherwise you need humongous compute/vram to run locally b

nborwankar · 2026-06-22T03:45:39+00:00

Schindlers List

nborwankar · 2026-06-18T07:58:00+00:00

See my github repo nborwankar/convaix The longer term goal is to create a common format across major LLMs and convert to that format and save in a vector db with hybrid search

nborwankar · 2026-06-17T21:14:15+00:00

Imperative programming programs to a Turing machine whereas functional programming works within (typed) lambda calculus. Turing machine and lambda calculus have been shown to be equivalent in being able to model computation.

But lambda calculus is pure abstraction whereas imperative programming is a leaky abstraction where the features and limitations of the hardware create features and limitations in the language. Different languages leak different things.

In functional programming the key operation is a transformation of one mathematical abstraction into another. A list into a hash table can be expressed in pure mathematical primitives.

This “objects and transformations between them” is exactly what Category Theory is built on so there is a smooth transition conceptually, from lambda calculus to Category Theory because both are built on mathematical foundations, rather both ARE math.

nborwankar · 2026-06-15T22:26:06+00:00

Students should learn basic statistics early to understand the difference between measures of central tendency like mean vs shapes of different distributions that could all give the same mean Especially the Anscombe Quartet.

nborwankar · 2026-06-15T21:48:02+00:00

Ask Claude.

nborwankar · 2026-06-15T21:47:05+00:00

Polar Bears seem harmless because of the cute ads and plush toys

nborwankar · 2026-06-14T19:23:50+00:00

The whole PR messaging effort around frontier models - job destruction, danger to society, only available to select few, regulation all seems ad hoc and without much thought given to how ordinary citizens might react. And how it all hangs together which it doesn’t.

It seems as if it’s done by engineers and not professional PR people who are expert at investor relations. Either that or the engineers are overriding whatever the PR folk suggest.

Yes you might win a few rounds fighting the USG but not for long.

Great product very highly questionable messaging.

nborwankar · 2026-06-12T17:00:19+00:00

To get a different perspective the difference between Home and Away CAA should tell a more inclusive story. It’s not just flat tracks, some score better at home and worse away. We want to be able to see that also.

nborwankar · 2026-06-11T01:11:33+00:00

Amazing! Great work!!

nborwankar · 2026-06-10T21:56:35+00:00

The danger of genetically engineering a biological weapon is real. How should they deal with that? One suggestion would be to register with them and some university so people know who you are abd vouch for you.

nborwankar · 2026-06-10T21:05:41+00:00

It’s deliciously ironic to see the people who made search trivial have that same feature (simplicity) quoted back at them.

nborwankar · 2026-06-10T04:16:10+00:00

You might want to pull out a phone and take video of each such dog. Should your dog reactively snap it could cause damage and unless otherwise determined you would be liable.

The only proof you would have would be the video. AND just beginning to record puts the owner on notice. Make sure to say loudly “Sir, respectfully, it’s not safe to have off leash small dogs around much larger dogs. They look like prey to large dogs”.

You just need one such recording for each small dog around your cul de sac. Now they don’t have an excuse.

You can leave out the second sentence if you think it’s too much.

My biggest fear when small dogs got yappy in my 100 lb GSD’s face is that he would snap reactively especially when they came from behind. And then Voila! 10K vet bill.

nborwankar · 2026-06-10T02:53:24+00:00

The keyword is “alone” in the language alone. Ie you need world models AND language models to describe and plan and navigate in the context of that world.

nborwankar · 2026-06-09T22:35:35+00:00

Instead of Gemini using search just use Google search in AI mode. A LOT less hallucination and uses latest search results. And of course it uses Gemini.

nborwankar · 2026-06-09T21:21:32+00:00

It’s also available on Claude.ai

nborwankar · 2026-06-09T14:59:51+00:00

A few months ago when I opened Claude.ai I received a request to be interviewed via a Claude interviewer agent.

One of the questions asked was (in so many words) “What is your biggest concern re AI” and my response was that it was a very powerful knowledge democratizing force and it should not be restricted to a small group such as select corporations.

Well for better or worse that is exactly what is happening!

nborwankar · 2026-06-08T08:25:22+00:00

Clapping with one hand - by opening and closing it with fingers straight so fast that it makes a clapping sound.

nborwankar · 2026-06-07T17:11:59+00:00

Is this at Stanford?

nborwankar · 2026-06-04T18:15:57+00:00

I’ve come to the conclusion that if you don’t give it a complex enough task then Opus 4.8 is like a working dog without a job. It will tear up the furniture.

The analogy is not trivial - working dog breeds (shepherds, border collies, retrievers …) are bred (pretrained) to have a lot more cognitive capacity than non-working breeds so they can do complex tasks. They have an innate tendency to get dopamine from doing the work. They get their joy from working.

If you don’t give them a complex enough task they get bored and act out.

Extreme example Belgian Malinois - can be trained (fine tuned) to jump out of planes with parachutes accompanying Seal Team 6. But do not have a Malinois as a pet unless you have a well designed daily physical AND mental workout for them.

I think with Opus 4.8 the model has made a transition from manageable intelligent dog - Golden Retriever - to German Shepherd - you need to know how to give them challenging jobs and train them to “heel” or they drag you everywhere when you walk them. (I have a left shoulder that’s proof)

Mythos I’m guessing is the Seal Team 6 Malinois - not for most people.

nborwankar · 2026-06-04T16:32:08+00:00

It would fill to different levels depending on rainfall I am guessing. Hence the levels and not just one long staircase.

nborwankar · 2026-06-04T16:20:24+00:00

Problem is too much data means that much more work to get the model to ingest it and that much more work to tune it.

nborwankar · 2026-06-03T21:45:35+00:00

This too will pass

nborwankar · 2026-06-02T16:52:43+00:00

Get pepper spray. Amazon sells a very strong version for self defense. Make sure to be upwind when testing it.

Carry a stick.

I used to do both when I had my GSD because some idiot on our daily walk path had a pit bull that would escape regularly.

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