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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · 14d

I’m on this week’s Brave Technologist podcast in case anybody wants to hear me talk about AI: brave.com/podcast/e89/

AI’s Next Frontier: Privacy-Preserving Neural Networks | Brave

Jimmy Secretan, CTO of JustWin, explores the latest innovations in privacy-preserving neural networks, and explains how JustWin is leveraging AI to help small businesses win government contracts. He a...

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jul 26

“Life, uh, finds a way”

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jun 13

I generally try to evangelize it to anybody I know who is used to Airflow. Many have never heard of it, but are quickly impressed by how mature it is.

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · May 30

The second run is how it knows you really mean it

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Kenneth Stanley @kennethstanley.bsky.social · May 20

Could a major opportunity to improve representation in deep learning be hiding in plain sight? Check out our new position paper: Questioning Representational Optimism in Deep Learning: The Fractured Entangled Representation Hypothesis.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.11581

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Give them a free lunch

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Mar 11

Love it, I usually listen to “Prologue” over and over again while I work

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Mar 10

I highly recommend working with @kennethstanley.bsky.social. 10 out 10 would do again

Kenneth Stanley @kennethstanley.bsky.social · Mar 10

I’m thrilled to share that I just joined @LilaSciences as SVP of Open-Endedness! You can join my team here:

For Research Scientist: job-boards.greenhouse.io/lila/jobs/78...
For Research Engineer: job-boards.greenhouse.io/lila/jobs/78...

Machine Learning Engineers (Open-Endedness) - Open Level

San Francisco, CA

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Mar 9

I feel like Robert Pattinson is basically the new Johnny Depp in that you can watch him in every new thing and see him take on a completely different character

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Feb 19

Pretty much everything interesting that happened in my career, from privacy technology to open-endedness, I was able to get into thanks to an NSF graduate research fellowship.

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jan 30

“Test your might!”

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jan 29

Is it just me or does anybody else just think back to the numbers on AOL CDs to remember how many hours are in a month?

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jan 19

“Achilles!!!!”

Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Jan 14

His backpack is the source of his power. Take the backpack and the power is yours.

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Dec 29

Although sometimes if you are willing to pay $2 at the used book store, you can find the truly rare gems

The Coach Book: The Wit and Wisdom of Hayden Fox

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Dec 21

Greatness cannot be planned

Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · Dec 21

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 20

Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Dec 12

After all these years I still get a little excited when I get to install Linux on something

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · Nov 28

Like 130,000 others, I made a starter pack. This one is people working on or with evolutionary computation in its many forms: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies.

If you like to be added, or suggest someone else, message me or reply to this post.

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Nov 28

Although I can’t hear this without thinking of the movie Equilibrium

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Nov 26

Glad to be here! Seeing your open endedness starter pack made my week!

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Tim Rocktäschel @handle.invalid · Nov 20

Now that @jeffclune.bsky.social and @joelbot3000.bsky.social are here, time for an Open-Endedness starter pack.

go.bsky.app/MdVxrtD

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Jimmy Secretan @jsecretan.bsky.social · Nov 9

And is also makes the whole loading process take forever for a 45 second ride