<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ethansmith2000]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ethansmith2000]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:49:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ethansmith2000.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[AI Text Detection: Arms Dealers in a War on Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://open.substack.com/pub/ethansmith2000/p/ai-text-detection-arms-dealers-in?r=jsutr&#38;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=post%20viewer]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/ai-text-detection-arms-dealers-in-a-war-on-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47720172a5cfe7855252e5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:26:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_48cab98c43c94c0bb4b34c0e0046068b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TurboSoap | SOAP but 10x faster than QR, 34x faster than eigh]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://open.substack.com/pub/ethansmith2000/p/turbosoap?r=jsutr&#38;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=post%20viewer]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/turbosoap-soap-but-10x-faster-than-qr-34x-faster-than-eigh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1934983455402997514fb7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 06:40:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_76e189c4538c48fa9d719c9ad86e0f14~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transport Muon: Beating Muon in Speed and Performance in 1 Newton Step]]></title><description><![CDATA[(+ 1 tangent step and the occasional refresh) https://open.substack.com/pub/ethansmith2000/p/transport-muon-beating-muon-in-speed?r=jsutr&#38;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=post%20viewer]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/transport-muon-beating-muon-in-speed-and-performance-in-1-newton-step</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a193427cd05d69352d09527</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 06:38:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_10c3bf397e3a43b3b6af9c9ca4493a85~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_980,h_733,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beauty behind the Antipsychotic Evolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'll admit , "antipsychotic" is a bit of a scary word. The second half, "psychotic," refers to some of the most extreme and frightening experiences a human can have. I think the word evokes imagery of psychiatric wards, confusion, strait jackets, possibly violence, and overall distress. A treatment designed to suppress such a serious condition might suggest being powerful enough to match the strength of the condition, thus giving antipsychotics their own stigma—especially if one knows the...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/the-beauty-behind-the-antipsychotic-evolution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68814c576ab2534c7bfc658e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 06:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_d936f0cbc54147ee8ffe90fe07ab58d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are You?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another post , I shared some thoughts on why the physical boundaries of You  might be difficult to make solid on the basis that...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/where-are-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688a92e98852a50c1a333c02</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:35:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_289ee060793d47109e8bebc2bee40836~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instantaneous Vs Distributional Self]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'd like to make two distinctions. An Instantaneous You  and a Distributional You . The Instantaneous You  represents a singular point...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/instantaneous-vs-distributional-self</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688a87d98852a50c1a33200a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:28:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_b7b97261e9d34a50bf9be7d6a9c0517c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You as a Reflection of Your World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something I am curious about is the role of other people, or other stimuli that prompt awareness of self, in influencing the formation of...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/you-as-a-reflection-of-your-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688a8c4a4523222f5010618d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:09:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_b708347147b9472799c046b90282c477~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simulator AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most common generative models in deep learning include GANs, diffusion models, and autoregressive models. What they all have in common is that they are all methods of both modeling and sampling from p(x), a data distribution of interest, just different methods of decomposing the problem and relying on varying assumptions. Though in the end, all of them can do both: Create convincing samples that somewhat blend in with other real data samples. Give an estimate of the probability of a...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/simulator-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68796227d85c525ad1ac1391</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 03:21:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_353e611d50a34848b6bc92ad6a3fa874~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does a "You" exist?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We appear to experience life through the point of view of a discretely singular, egocentric entity, distinct from everything else. Pride...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/why-does-a-you-exist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688a8a9e7472a1932ffd0834</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:26:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_b8804eed96fe460f95e880e3f9847e3b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Symmetry Between Models and Data | The Isomorphism Between You and Your World.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was an interesting quote from Janus's article  on simulators. "GPT" is not the text which [it] writes itself Furthermore, they...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/the-symmetry-between-models-and-data-the-isomorphism-between-you-and-your-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687959dad85c525ad1abffb9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:34:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_ae466e2bb50c498eb7e0f799104bfca1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_832,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence Was Born Out Of A Need To Predict The Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[From an evolutionary perspective, it's clear that humans have made it to the top of the food chain, but what did it take for us to reach...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/intelligence-was-born-out-of-a-need-to-predict-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68782408036729d520b113fe</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:38:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_b2396d925b7045b4ac83c58e1231f547~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Learning and Biases]]></title><description><![CDATA[In our pursuit to perfect neural networks, we often look to how humans learn for reference, which has had varying degrees of success....]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/social-learning-and-biases</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6832a5b9905d5dd1ac10bc0a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_d6236848dd9c4994bd523047b00d2bbe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Edge of Stability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many facets of our universe seem to gravitate towards unstable, chaotic equilibria. 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This is not at all a criticism of the author's work. They proposed a new method of reinforcement learning, and it successfully fit the objective quite well. But the images all have the same tired, fake HDR,...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/the-mean-preference-is-a-bad-estimate-of-preferences</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6828f4a22b0463bceaac6b56</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 23:13:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_ba5921bc28974ee4a6bc00c8106cbcff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_704,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in the Middle and After AGI]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are racing toward an uncertain future that draws nearer every day. We have a rough idea of what the future could look like. I'm inclined to think some of our guesses and fictional depictions may hold some weight. Historically, we've been good at that. Possibly now more than ever, we understand ourselves, as humans, to know the things we will seek and the trend we are on. Meanwhile, in our sciences, theories and understandings have outpaced implementation, extending our vision of what's...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/life-in-the-middle-and-after-agi-what-s-left-for-humans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ed1e5af9329bec87ad8597</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_e999b05024c84b63b9837cb173cf9c1b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we tackle noisy recognition?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how humans handle noisy recognition. 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Throughout life, I've spent probably a near unhealthy amount of time thinking...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/the-hard-problem-of-psychiatry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67de2c6e6800077ef7e9e30d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:27:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_95fecf6f93934935a8c3a50de1738166~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_966,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Vibe Coding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Distillery - a look under the hood of vibe coding Introduction Vibe coding may be one of the best and worst things 2025 has had to...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/on-vibe-coding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67de290f523d1543c9b4bb0a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:43:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_1fe97152e5a640b4a32162c15c682378~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boneless Attention and Low Rank Attention Layers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve seen a lot of convoluted tutorials on attention but nothing really made it click for me more as understanding as mixing a projected...]]></description><link>https://www.ethansmith2000.com/post/boneless-attention-and-low-rank-attention-layers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d663be41ec4da786097728</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 02:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df81cf_d5fd725512fd4b1a93a84d0da0fe47cc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_974,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Smith</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>