Waleed KadousWhat makes o1 differentThe release of OpenAI’s o1 model has confused many. Previously, new releases were about more, o1 is different: it’s a sideways step.Sep 20Sep 20
Waleed KadousICML 2024 Day 1 HighlightsICML is one of the premier conferences in AI, perhaps only behind NeurIPS in prestige. It’s a great place to understand what’s happening at…Jul 231Jul 231
Waleed KadousHigh signal job interviewing: Bayesian styleTL;DR: To get the most out of interviews, use the answers to your questions so far to guide your next question. Make your questions up on…Jun 294Jun 294
Waleed KadousLessons learned building a practical AI assistantOver the last year, I’ve been working on an Islamic AI assistant called Ansari. The word “Ansari” means “helper” in Arabic.Feb 292Feb 292
Waleed KadousExperiments with Islam and LLMsI recently started experimenting with how LLMs (in particular GPT-3.5-turbo) answer questions about Islam. The below shows the answers to…Apr 17, 20231Apr 17, 20231
Waleed KadousFacebook’s own PR shows Frances Haugen is Right[NOTE: This is my personal opinion and does not represent the views of my employer]Oct 6, 20211Oct 6, 20211
Waleed KadousinDistributed Computing with RayThe Power and Potential of RayOr how to do fine-grained parallelization without really tryingDec 20, 2020Dec 20, 2020