Zulfikar Ramzan
zulfikar-ramzan.bsky.social
Zulfikar Ramzan
@zulfikar-ramzan.bsky.social
CTO, Point Wild. Prev: Chief Scientist, Aura; CTO, RSA; Interested in Cybersecurity, Crypto(graphy), AI. MIT PhD. He / Him. My opinions.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge.
—Daniel J. Boorstin
March 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Banning TikTok reroutes and magnifies risk through more specious avenues, like RedNote. Black-and-white security policies that ignore user motivations don’t curb danger — they amplify it. A textbook case of unintended consequences.
January 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“… we've worked with dozens of teams building LLM agents across industries... we share what we’ve learned from working with our customers and building agents ourselves, and give practical advice for developers on building effective agents.”

www.anthropic.com/research/bui...
Building effective agents
A post for developers with advice and workflows for building effective AI agents
www.anthropic.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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I am doing a very fun #NeurIPS2024 a16z BioHealth
fireside chat today w/ @jameszou.bsky.social on the future of AI, biotech and health: wide ranging topics spanning agentic AI virtual labs, interpretable protein language models, startup opportunities & much more! info.a16z.com/register-for...
a16z Bio + Health Reception @ NeurIPS
a16z Bio + Health Reception @ NeurIPS
info.a16z.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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The second law of thermodynamics states that a quantity called entropy is on the rise, indicating that the universe is predisposed to disorder. But the idea of entropy is evolving. www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entr...
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world th...
www.quantamagazine.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Quanta's annual Year in Review series returns next week. Learn about some of 2024's biggest discoveries in math, physics, biology and computer science, handpicked by our editors, then watch interviews with scientists on our YouTube channel.
December 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Zulfikar Ramzan
Hi NeurIPS!

Explore ~4,500 NeurIPS papers in this interactive visualization:

jalammar.github.io/assets/neuri...
(Click on a point to see the paper on the website)

Uses @cohere.com models and @lelandmcinnes.bsky.social's datamapplot/umap to help make sense of the overwhelming scale of NeurIPS.
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Excellent write-up on the recent advances in quantum error correction, which is a critical component for scaling quantum computers so they can be used for practical applications: www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-comp...
Quantum Computers Cross Critical Error Threshold | Quanta Magazine
In a first, researchers have shown that adding more “qubits” to a quantum computer can make it more resilient. It’s an essential step on the long road to practical applications.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:30 PM
A Course in Particle Physics for High School students: ppc.web.cern.ch
Intro | PPC
ppc.web.cern.ch
December 4, 2024 at 2:16 PM