Thinking about things like "notary public," "body politic," phrases where English puts the modifier after the noun like a Romance language. There must be some other examples
Couldn't be happier to announce my new paper on defining compositional structure — and generating it! I see this project as the culmination of my PhD, as it unifies all my interests: compositionality, compression, structure, and open-endedness. More below! arxiv.org/abs/2610.20922
Before Thomas moved onto better things, he was first my roomie in 2024/25 – a period where a) I snorted when he first showed me Claude Code and b) a beer or two (or more) were shared. A million things have changed since, but it makes me smile that these two interests have not :)
New blog post - Chasing the Karpathy Peak (and Falling Off Slop Cliff): Confessions from Slopaholics Anonymous
My story of becoming a slopaholic, who’s most at risk, and how to avoid it (or recover)
thomasjiralerspong.substack.com/p/chasing-the-…
MOJO has been accepted to #NeurIPS2026! 🎉
We use SSL + unlabelled data for better decoding, stronger few-shot transfer, and more interpretable embeddings with POYO and POSSM (SoTA decoders for neural spikes).
Stay tuned for more results + torch_brain-based code. 👀
Done deal: The LA Clippers and Raptors have both agreed to complete the trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two unprotected first-round picks, one first-round pick swap and two second-rounders, per ESPN sources. The sides will now schedule a