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prabal97

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AI/ML/LLM consulting | Hi, I'm Prabal Gupta | PERSONAL: https://prabal.ca | GITHUB: https://github.com/prabal-rje

Submissions

Landmark cancer trial shows success against an 'undruggable' cancer

nature.com
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A GPT-5.4 bug led to OpenAI banning goblins and raccoons

6 points·by prabal97·3 mesi fa·1 comments

Using Claude Code with my ChatGPT subscription instead of paying for both

prabal.ca
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DNA polymerases can generate long, complex sequences without templates

nature.com
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'Treasure trove' of antiviral proteins could inspire powerful molecular tools

nature.com
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Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

nature.com
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Chip-scale optical wireless system hits 362 Gbps at half the energy of Wi-Fi

spiedigitallibrary.org
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Scientists crack a 20-year nuclear mystery behind the creation of gold

sciencedaily.com
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ClaudeDown: Is Claude getting dumber, or is it just you?

claudedown.com
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Bourbon waste could provide next-gen supercapacitor components

spectrum.ieee.org
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The Revenge of the Data Scientist

hamel.dev
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Show HN: Interactive visualization of X's feed algorithm – ML in browser

prabal.ca
5 points·by prabal97·5 mesi fa·4 comments

Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)

latentscore.com
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Show HN: Interactive demo of the X "For You" algorithm (runs in browser)

prabal.ca
4 points·by prabal97·6 mesi fa·1 comments

comments

prabal97
·3 mesi fa·discuss
You can use stuff like Litestream to continuously back up your SQLite DB to a cheap storage bucket. It's practically set and forget too.
prabal97
·3 mesi fa·discuss
FYI I use my Codex models with Claude code and they work pretty great. It can even pick up on existing conversations w/ Opus and then resume w/ OAI models.
prabal97
·3 mesi fa·discuss
I use my OAI subscription on my Claude Code. I get the benefit of the Claude Code interface with the intelligence of OAI models.

https://prabal.ca/posts/claude-code-chatgpt-subscription/
prabal97
·3 mesi fa·discuss
> in a single working day those trucks would shift rocks equivalent to the weight of the Empire State Building.

Oh. My. God.
prabal97
·4 mesi fa·discuss
Reposting it here ... I wrote this more intuitive explanation. I think you might find it helpful too!

https://prabal.ca/posts/google-long-context-cheaper/
prabal97
·4 mesi fa·discuss
I wrote this more intuitive explanation. I think you might find it helpful!

https://prabal.ca/posts/google-long-context-cheaper/
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
They're weighted differently. Currently it's set to: reposts 2.0x, replies 1.5x, bookmarks 1.2x, likes 1.0x, and clicks 0.5x. These are guestimates based on public info.
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
It's real embeddings (MiniLM, truncated to 128-dim), so the cosine similarities between tweets are genuine, but it's obviously not X's actual trained model. The relative distances are meaningful, though.
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
It should technically work (everything is being routed via LiteLLM under the wraps) with Mistral, but it's untested haha. I don't think Mistral's lost the race; it's just that it doesn't seem to be that popular relative to Gemini/Anthropic/OpenAI, so I didn't bother testing it.

Hope you got a chance to try this out!
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
The 'Fast'/embedding model, unless the input is absolutely clear, snaps to the closest alternative.

Here's the song it created when I asked Gemini Flash to do it!

It called it, "Cobalt Kinetic" and explained that, "A high-velocity Mixolydian engine fueled by syncopated electronic pulses and glitchy accents, evoking the iridescent blur of hidden magic weaving through a midnight skyscraper canyon."

Here's the audio: https://vocaroo.com/1hjtPAxLWqyA
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
It's just that the 'Fast' model picks up from a library of existing tracks using a small embedding model.

If you're really curious, you could try the 'Custom LLM' feature - specifically 'Gemini Flash'. Here's the track it created when I gave it the same input.

It titled it, "In the mood for country cowboy-ish music played for someone like John Wick bleeding out on a cold, snow-covered park bench." and here's the justification it came up with, "A weary, grit-laden Dorian lament for a fallen gunslinger, blending the cold isolation of vast reverb with the sharp, intimate pluck of a final, fading heartbeat."

Music link: https://vocaroo.com/1nepiOQ3mrCr
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
It's just that the 'Fast' model picks up from a library of existing tracks using a small embedding model.

If you're really curious, you could try the 'Custom LLM' feature - specifically 'Gemini Flash'. Here's the track it created when I gave it the same input.

It titled it, "Throne of the Eternal Night" and here's the justification it came up with, "A glacial, minor-key procession of heavy brass hits and deep sub-pulses, evoking the suffocating grandeur of an ancient, blood-soaked dynasty ending in shadow."

Music link: https://vocaroo.com/14bW1RJyubcC
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
BTW - we used Gemma 270m model - not the 1B model. It's sheerly the size - I wanted to see if I could get a really, really tiny LLM to generate coherent music. Tbh, it didn't quite work as well as I expected. It barely beats a randomly generated track.

In fact, the 'fast' model (literally embedding lookup over a pre-generated library of music ... generated using Best-of-N on Gemini Flash) beats nearly everything - including Gemini Flash, Claude Opus, Gemma models.
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Thank you!!!
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Could you try again, please? Just redeployed with a tiny change. Should work now!
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Yeah ... that's a bit of an issue - it's because I built a custom simple synthesizer that's not quite as good as a full blown one. Thank you for the feedback! This is something I intend to tackle in upcoming releases.
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Thanks!

The same prompt yields largely the same song because the 'Fast' (default) mode retrieves the synth parameters from a pre-existing library.

But if you use the 'Custom LLM' model, it can generate new and creative music every time you play something - even for the same input!
prabal97
·5 mesi fa·discuss
Yeah! That's one of the reasons I've exposed the Python SDK ... you could, in theory, even attach some sort of DAW that manipulates the music in real-time.
prabal97
·6 mesi fa·discuss
Wow! That was cool to play with.

1. How does one erase the drawings made with the pencil tool? 2. How'd you make this? Is this FOSS?