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Victor Geislinger

@victorsvector.com

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Combination of machine learning engineer / data scientist and teacher (depending on what hat I'm wearing that day) Focusing on ML/AI @Google (obligatory 'opinions are my own') github.com/MrGeislinger

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · Oct 28

Hi! I'm Victor!
Here's a quick intro :D

These days I focus on ML/AI at Google but have been a teacher, data scientist MLE, etc.

I try to be genuine & positive so when I leave this world it's in a better state than I found it
You can likely find my other online presences on GitHub.com/MrGeislinger

MrGeislinger - Overview

Combination of machine learning engineer / data scientist and teacher (depending on what hat I'm wearing that day) - MrGeislinger

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 6h

some more pictures of the situation

Black hose on roof amongst gravel with end in the puddle of water.

Hose leading off the roof to a ladder to the ground. A window sits behind ladder

Office with a hole in the roof where water is being caught by a larger plastic bin.

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 6h

sooo the roof started leaking *bad* in my office

But no worries, we have a siphon going so maybe this will relieve some of the puddle forming above me?
(thanks physics for the assist)

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 8h

I'm w/ my kids to get a small toy after our family vaccination trip, and after witnessing a complete freakout until ~5s after getting their shots & them being perfectly fine, seeing how it really is just anticipation of the needle

Going to pretend it's metaphor for something but don't know what yet

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 8h

I've been on this earth for over 3 decades & I still don't understand why the option for hand dryers to blow into your face exists

White hand dryer with black instructional drawing to first dry your hands and second a face looking at the heat by moving metal valve with hand

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 8h

What a great observation! 😆😂😂
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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 11h

That's awesome! Congrats on the monthiversary!!

You know you're at the right place when coworkers are begging for my stat toks lol

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 11h

'what do i do? same as you— just contributing to the heat death of the universe'

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

Alt: A group of soldiers from starship troopers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor. Camera zooms in as one turns to camera and says (with text on bottom screen) "I'm doing my part!"

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 11h

Maybe you were looking for 'resistive heating' but it's still kinda weird calling it that for something like saying my computer is 100% efficient in hear generation

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 14h

Ooh that looks like it'd be fun to read (especially for today)

Would love to know what you think but for now putting it on my list!
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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 16h

Not going to deny that future developments could produce more capable models that we could say exhibits theory of mind or a world model

But the skeptical scientist in me says it's not yet convinced current models are there (or even close) based on the evidence where models have difficulty

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 17h

Good reminder to check your local library to see if they have have free access to @oreilly.bsky.social's digital catalog

(you won't be surprised to hear that every Bay Area library I've checked has the O'Reilly catalog available for free)

Jay Alammar @jayalammar.bsky.social · 17h

The Illustrated Guide to AI Agents

New book announcement!

Thrilled that together with @maartengr.bsky.social , we're writing a new book titled “An Illustrated Guide to AI Agents” and published by @oreilly.bsky.social.

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 17h

Always loved O'Reilly having early releases in their digital library! Really helps when tech is evolving sooo rapidly!

Super curious to see the illustrations for all the different concepts :D

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 17h

Totally with the **may** here. Haven't been convinced LLMs have a 'world model' like we think of it based on where we see it 'fails'

I find it interesting from these papers seeing connections across different modalities. But I also would think due to language focus it'd pass Winograd first, if ever

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 17h

Personally, I think the word "clearly" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here XD

LLMs definitely have pattern matching that we would find consistent with a world model but they also fail in some ways that we suspect a 'world model' would have little problem with (like the Winograd schema)

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 18h

things just got interesting

I still hold up LLMs having trouble with the Winograd schema challenge (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winogra...) as the counterexample of them building a 'world model'. But these papers do seem to suggest the opposite is not out of the question

Winograd schema challenge - Wikipedia

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 18h

I'm not usually with the hot takes but it's been 2 weeks since Sora 2 launched & I haven't seen this one yet (I know I can't be the only one)

Also, this is less about the societal value/harm of video generation but more about the motivation of OpenAI making an infinite feed of generated video

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 18h

OpenAI's 'ai video social media' primary purpose is to get human feedback on generation, right?

I relate it back to what TikTok did first w/ short-form video in getting fast feedback for recommendations. But instead of training a rec system, sora is looking for what makes a 'good generated video'

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 19h

sharing the 'cleaned up' version of that ad because there's something so soul-warming about solarpunk
youtu.be/UqJJktxCY9U

'Dear Alice' Decommodified Edition | Solarpunk anime ambience with no ads

YouTube video by Waffle To The Left

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 19h

😂
(but also i semi-secretly hope the same for me)

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 19h

That's a really good point

When at least in principle the barriers to entry are low, I feel it's more likely for the hype to build up rapidly. Needing a physical things can make it more difficult for people to try it out but definitely not impossible

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Leah✨🎃 @technicleah.bsky.social · 19h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

A photo of the steel “Kindred Spirits“ sculpture in county Cork, Ireland, lit up at night in a rainbow of colors. The sculpture is made up of a circle of feathers coming up out of the ground in a bowl shape, symbolizing a gift of food.

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 1d

friends don't let friends code when they're tired

(*totally* unrelated to me revoking a private key accidentally leaked on github 😅)

Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 2d

OooOooO that does look super interesting! Especially after learning my identical twin kids don't agree on the color of 'the dress'

Throwing it onto my list— this will be a fun preorder for future Victor to appreciate :D
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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 4d

godspeed sailor

a man in a military uniform salutes with his hand on his hat

Alt: a man in a navy military uniform salutes with his hand on his hat

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Victor Geislinger @victorsvector.com · 4d

a man is laying in bed with a blanket and a pillow and says `` very cozy '' .

Alt: Tom from Parks & Rec is laying in bed surrounded by a blanket and a pillow and says "very cozy''

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