Ashutosh Kumar

patching up autonomy @OwlAI_ | cockroach

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

@its_vayishu waiting for the paper

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

It has been a long time now; thanks @creet_z and @johannes_hage for the RL residency credits. It was quite fun building (*still doing sporadically) an interactive simulation environment for self-driving agents for social negotiation scenarios.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

Hmm, the models work really well in the static situations but fail in an interactive negotiation.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

Self-Driving Negotiator (https://t.co/WEgKXoWHWw) is a multi-agent simulation environment designed for training and evaluating LLMs in autonomous driving negotiation scenarios. The environment models social interactions b/w vehicles using game-theoretic principles, enabling LLM agents to learn safe and socially aware driving behaviors.

What we have rn:
- Environment with multi-turn LLM interface
- Dataset generation from the environment (SFT, preference pairs)
- Expert policy for demonstration generation
- Evaluation framework (with @PrimeIntellect verifiers)
- Reward computation and multi-dimensional evaluation metrics

Yet to implement:
- Training scripts for SFT/RL
- Model checkpointing
- Integration with training frameworks (prime-rl)
- Distributed training support
- Reward normalization and shaping utilities

More details below:

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

delhi metro final schematics

[Martin Shkreli @MartinShkreli]

isn't it beautiful? what does it remind you of?

this is a KEGG pathway chart.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

@malliktwts Same. I thought there must be a catch if such a dignified economist (an economic advisor to PM) is saying such things, but common sense took over.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

1. What?

[ANI @ANI]

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[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

I want to discuss an open problem statement.

Let's consider a set of heterogeneous agents operating on an interdependent directed acyclic task graph. Each agent can execute a subset of transitions with agent-specific durations and resource costs. The agents may share intermediate states: once a state is completed by one agent, it becomes immediately available to the remaining agents. Each state must be assigned to a unique responsible agent, subject to agent-level resource budgets and minimum participation requirements. The objective is to determine a coordinated assignment and schedule that completes all required states while minimizing the overall duration.

For the first case, let's assume that the network structure, available actions, costs, durations, and shared states are known and static during planning.

For the second case, when the system state is dynamic, if one's thinking about a learning algorithm, my hypothesis is that learning methods that rely on recurring spatial configurations or previously successful routes will degrade sharply under adaptive redistribution of states as a system defense.

Below is an example of a network with two attack vectors.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

Moveeeee… I need to change my childhood essay

[NDTV India @ndtvindia]

'गाय को पशु मानने वाले इंसान नहीं'- मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ

@MinakshiKandwal | #YogiAdityanath

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

“Just review and grade the output, my subscriptions will take care of the latents.”

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

The only dismissal I can allow in my shadow batting practice is edging one outside off stump to the slips.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

That's so true, sir. You guys have successfully made education an elite concept.

[Amit Malviya @amitmalviya]

Prime Minister Modi holds a postgraduate degree, but that is beside the point. The real issue is that some people, particularly Arvind Kejriwal, seem unable to reconcile themselves to the fact that a man from a humble background, with no dynastic privilege or elite pedigree, rose to occupy India’s highest elected office through hard work, political acumen, and immense public support.

India’s political history is full of examples that prove leadership is not determined by degrees alone. K. Kamaraj, with limited formal education, transformed Tamil Nadu and pioneered the expansion of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, bringing millions of children into schools. His legacy continues to shape India even today.

On the other hand, many who proudly flaunt their educational credentials have little to show for them in public life. Arvind Kejriwal, who never tires of advertising his educational qualifications, left behind a government mired in corruption allegations and administrative failures, eventually losing both his own seat and his party’s grip on Delhi. Others who claim impressive academic pedigrees have spent decades in public life without producing outcomes remotely commensurate with the aura they seek to project around their degrees.

The question is not whether a Prime Minister is “educated.” The question is whether he can lead, deliver, inspire confidence, and improve the lives of millions. By that measure, the verdict belongs to the people, not to self-appointed gatekeepers of intelligence.

What makes Kejriwal’s remark particularly revealing is its underlying elitism. It reflects a belief that only those from certain backgrounds, institutions, or social circles are fit to lead. India has repeatedly rejected that mindset. Our democracy allows ordinary Indians to rise to extraordinary heights, and that is precisely what some among the entitled elite find difficult to accept.

Kejriwal built his political career promising a “new kind” of politics. What the country witnessed instead was a familiar cocktail of hypocrisy, opportunism, and broken promises. He misled supporters, betrayed allies, and squandered the moral capital with which he entered public life. If anything, his political journey is a reminder that degrees may certify education, but they are no guarantee of wisdom, integrity, or leadership.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

@sarthak2143 congrats!

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

why would someone write with AI, unless they’re happy all the time?

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

If someone’s a living testament to getting his way around everything without an education, then why would that someone promote education?

[tensorqt @tensorqt]

cheese is just grokked milk

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

The bottom-handed modern-day cricketer, serving chases on a vintage platter.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

One fine day, I decided to touch grass at the Lilac Festival. The weather took that personally and started pouring the moment I arrived. Obviously, I didn't accept the universe’s very clear feedback and roamed around in the rain for an hour and a half like a damp idiot with a botanical agenda.

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

@anindyadeeps great work, man!

[Ashutosh Kumar @ashu_1069]

The only way I have seen first-hand that can truly uplift a family and, eventually, a society is education. I'm sure it compresses decades of social and economic progress into a few years. For families without inherited privilege, I am convinced there is no more dignified path to a better life. I do not religiously follow geopolitics, public policy, or global economics, and am not an avid reader on this topic. But the same education has given me enough common sense to understand what is being eroded. At this point, let's leave all the other absurdities that have been happening. I'm sure a section of people can still justify them with low bases of their predispositions.

For the last 10-15 years, there has been almost no serious public conversation about the state of education, the decline of universities, or the institutions that are supposed to help us build better lives. The events of the last few weeks around NEET and CBSE, and I will not even begin with SSC, which is a scam in its own right, feel like the final nail in the coffin for those who still believed educational institutions could lift them out of their circumstances. There's a price for all exams at the state level for sure, maybe now at the central level as well (scaling laws, huh). Talking about education alone, take a good look at the state of primary/secondary schools (as if reservations are gonna help them), R&D budget of universities, the affordability of getting a standard education, and, in fact, anything related to education. People don't pay taxes so that their children need to find that "exclusive" way to go ahead in their life. People pay taxes for basic amenities and a structure in their life. A few will discuss socialism vs capitalism; how about you talk sense first, and then classify the decisions on a higher abstraction level, which only you can understand and not the ones most affected by them.

These lowly news anchors are now turning to two 17-year-olds who exposed the absurdities of the CBSE system. Meanwhile, the privileged already know their escape route of sending their children to universities abroad. Everyone else has been kept distracted, disillusioned, and in the dark long enough to stop demanding better education altogether. The voters are being reduced to surviving day to day, election to election, while the one institution that could have given them real agency is quietly being hollowed out.

Let me end with a small story. In my town in Bihar, there is a coaching class where many of us studied in Classes 11 & 12. Over the years, it has developed a quiet tradition that students who have gone on to better colleges or jobs return during their holidays to teach underprivileged kids from nearby villages. We do it because we know what education did for us, and what it can still do for them. So, do not sell me this BS in the name of nationalism by defending these idiots. A child cannot live on slogans; no one can shout for a nation on an empty stomach, and with no books in their bags.