Lao Mein

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Lao Mein | Statistics is Hard. | Patreon

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Currently doing solo work on glitch tokens and tokenizer analysis. Feel free to send me job/collaboration offers.

DM me interesting papers you would like to see analyzed. I also specialize in bioinformatics.

Glitch Token Catalog - (Almost) a Full Clear

Lao MeinSep 21, 2024, 12:22 PM

38 points

3 comments37 min readLW link

A New Class of Glitch Tokens—BPE Subtoken Artifacts (BSA)

Lao MeinSep 20, 2024, 1:13 PM

37 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Actually, Power Plants May Be an AI Training Bottleneck.

Lao MeinJun 20, 2024, 4:41 AM

83 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Reconsider the anti-cavity bacteria if you are Asian

Lao MeinApr 15, 2024, 7:02 AM

169 points

43 comments4 min readLW link

Update on Chinese IQ-related gene panels

Lao MeinDec 14, 2023, 10:12 AM

70 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why No Automated Plagerism Detection For Past Papers?

Lao MeinDec 12, 2023, 5:24 PM

7 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

LLMs, Batches, and Emergent Episodic Memory

Lao MeinJul 2, 2023, 7:55 AM

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

I Think Eliezer Should Go on Glenn Beck

Lao MeinJun 30, 2023, 3:12 AM

29 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

InternLM—China’s Best (Unverified)

Lao MeinJun 9, 2023, 7:39 AM

51 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Safety in China: Part 2

Lao MeinMay 22, 2023, 2:50 PM

101 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

My Assessment of the Chinese AI Safety Community

Lao MeinApr 25, 2023, 4:21 AM

250 points

94 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What about non-degree seeking?

Lao MeinDec 17, 2022, 2:22 AM

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] COVID China Personal Advice (No mRNA vax, possible hospital overload, bug-chasing edition)

Lao MeinDec 14, 2022, 10:31 AM

20 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Neglected cause: automated fraud detection in academia through image analysis

Lao MeinNov 30, 2022, 5:52 AM

11 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] How to correct for multiplicity with AI-generated models?

Lao MeinNov 28, 2022, 3:51 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

How do I start a programming career in the West?

Lao MeinNov 25, 2022, 6:37 AM

38 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

Human-level Diplomacy was my fire alarm

Lao MeinNov 23, 2022, 10:05 AM

54 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Lao Mein’s Shortform

Lao MeinNov 16, 2022, 3:01 AM

4 points

80 comments1 min readLW link

Tactical Nuclear Weapons Aren’t Cost-Effective Compared to Precision Artillery

Lao MeinOct 31, 2022, 4:33 AM

28 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Actually, All Nuclear Famine Papers are Bunk

Lao MeinOct 12, 2022, 5:58 AM

113 points

37 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

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