Alexander

London born, and NYC based Machine Learning Engineer at @meta. Particle physicist in a former life working on the @novaexperiment. He/him.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

I’m excited to announce that my Review has just been published in Nature!  It represents an attempt to describe the unique challenges and opportunities at the thriving intersection of machine learning and particle physics:
https://t.co/G4Y0a2dZfo

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@jowrotethis I think automation at best, under capitalism, can *dramatically* improve quality of life in the long term as productivity increases. I think the particular problem here in this recent wave is seeing art as a product. I want us to free more people to make art.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@Bam4d Good question! Well I guess you could call the internal representation a language, but without the need to communicate between different agents I don't think you'll get a true language- that is a shared compressed abstract representation. Giant transformers for multiagent RL?

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@nuDocES Really sorry to hear that Erica, it's their loss. Although I'm honestly in awe of the strength you have shown in lasting so long. If you ever want to talk about life after physics drop me a line.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@anotherglassbox @pcgamer And just for top level practical advice- ground yourself, don't skimp on the PSU/motherboard, and never forget the CPUs thermal paste!

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@anotherglassbox I've always liked the @pcgamer series: https://t.co/g5G7MbtBXX

It's mostly simpler than a gundam kit honestly. If there is any part of the process you're worried about you might check for a good YouTube installation example before buying. Also for most paradox games CPU > GPU.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@DynamicWebPaige Great choices! It sounds like you love visually imaginative sci-fi with a strong bande dessinée vibe:
The Metabarons
Blame
The Nikopol Trilogy
Descender
Black Science
Akira

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@d_feldman MAMA, just killed a FAANG?

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@arsduo @TheEconomist I'm on a very similar journey, I cancelled my @TheEconomist sub about a year ago.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@htranbui I was in the same boat, but forced myself to watch all three. It was a mistake, they only get worse in the sequence. Save yourself, pretend they don't exist!

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@DannyDutch I was expecting to find at least ten copies of this gif in this thread!

[RBC Borealis @RBCBorealis]

We're happy to share that @TmlrOrg recently accepted our paper on "Efficient CDF Approximations for Normalizing Flows" by Chandramouli Sastry, Andreas Lehrmann, @marcusabrubaker and @Alex_Radovic. You can read it here: https://t.co/B4HHtW3MxP.
#CDF #normalizingflows #ML

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@pcgamer "Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this…" <- somehow, this hot take makes me think of this meme.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

From my time at @BorealisAI, written with a team of excellent coauthors and former colleagues. I'm really quite proud of our work, and I'm delighted to see it find such a good home.

[Accepted papers at TMLR @TmlrPub]

Efficient CDF Approximations for Normalizing Flows

Chandramouli Shama Sastry, Andreas Lehrmann, Marcus A Brubaker, Alexander Radovic

https://t.co/NAYvbCPuQA

[Accepted papers at TMLR @TmlrPub]

Efficient CDF Approximations for Normalizing Flows

Chandramouli Shama Sastry, Andreas Lehrmann, Marcus A Brubaker, Alexander Radovic

https://t.co/NAYvbCPuQA

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@htranbui Worth the gamble I think! For me it really captured the rapture of live performance beautifully, something I think a lot of us craved in the heart and aftermath of the pandemic. Probably the best thing I saw at TIFF that year.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@DjunaCroon The side effect of alphabetical is that letters of recommendation become even more important. That can be good, giving e.g. very large collaborations lever arms to motivate good behaviour. It can be awful, amplifying the unfair advantage of those from elite institutions etc.

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@savvyRL @roydanroy I know exactly what you mean, and find coffee shop recordings work quite well https://t.co/Vp7jAIBcXS

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@PasseVivant Finally, it's of course also a popular tool for laundering money. In a world with blood diamonds and human trafficking, I would be incredibly uncomfortable thinking my investment might be directly benefiting from those kinds of "industries".

[Alexander @Alex_Radovic]

@PasseVivant The unregulated nature makes it popular for tax evasion. While many may have major concerns about how their money is spent, e.g. overfunded police or militaries, large parts of the world successfully leverage tax to the good. I grew up with national healthcare, it's awesome!