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evan
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AI/ML researcher working with tiny audio, speech, and language models. occasionally exploring the intersection of code, ML, and design.

ece phd @ ut austin, 2024
cs bs @ unm, 2017

opinions are my own.

github.com/evmaki
Put differently: knowing what problem to work on is more valuable than just working on problems. And this knowledge comes from living and being in the human world.
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is important for people who make things – art, code, music, writing – to define that relationship for themselves. The big AI firms are facing immense pressure to be profitable; they are not focused on your agency or empowerment.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This workflow doesn't hold your hand - you find your own flights, find your own lodging, etc - but I'm not sure I want to hand over my credit card to an agentic system that might not have my best interests at heart
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If a tool increases productivity, people will adopt it organically and get a performance advantage. It’ll be so useful you can’t NOT use it. Forcing it from the top down seems to run the risk of actually reducing productivity if your assumptions about how useful it is are wrong.
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
i'm assuming it's using some cloud-based model (LLM?) to do the filtering, which might raise privacy concerns. would be great to provide this locally, on-device.
May 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i’m going to have to go with the classic “Truck”. it’s simply goated in my opinion.
September 11, 2023 at 2:00 AM
including the middle name when he could have secured the OG firstnamelastname before i did…. Big time L from our friend ETK
September 8, 2023 at 3:50 AM