Pat Alt
@patalt.org
Trustworthy AI, Counterfactual Explanations, Open-Source Software and other PhD things at TU Delft.
@julialang.org developer @taija.org
Website: www.patalt.org
@julialang.org developer @taija.org
Website: www.patalt.org
Back from a mostly offline vacation. Has anything noteworthy happened?
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire .
Alt: A cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee surrounded by fire saying “This is fine.”
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Back from a mostly offline vacation. Has anything noteworthy happened?
"Reject" despite mostly positive reviews
Somehow I'm not as fazed this time, because we have done a ton of robustness checks, the theory checks out and criticism was largely about presentation. I guess the 45 page appendix didn't help ...
Somehow I'm not as fazed this time, because we have done a ton of robustness checks, the theory checks out and criticism was largely about presentation. I guess the 45 page appendix didn't help ...
Finally submitted what’s been the longest project of my PhD and I’m about to GO HARD-
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
May 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Reject" despite mostly positive reviews
Somehow I'm not as fazed this time, because we have done a ton of robustness checks, the theory checks out and criticism was largely about presentation. I guess the 45 page appendix didn't help ...
Somehow I'm not as fazed this time, because we have done a ton of robustness checks, the theory checks out and criticism was largely about presentation. I guess the 45 page appendix didn't help ...
I love the fact that I can go back to my 3-4yo #julialang project, run `julia +1.8`, then `[ instantiate` and
EVERYTHING. JUST. WORKS. I LOVE IT*
*Julia, not my 3-4yo code
EVERYTHING. JUST. WORKS. I LOVE IT*
*Julia, not my 3-4yo code
May 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I love the fact that I can go back to my 3-4yo #julialang project, run `julia +1.8`, then `[ instantiate` and
EVERYTHING. JUST. WORKS. I LOVE IT*
*Julia, not my 3-4yo code
EVERYTHING. JUST. WORKS. I LOVE IT*
*Julia, not my 3-4yo code
This work and the chart should go a long way in terms of explaining "why Julia" to AI folks:
1. Autodiff through anything using anything (one day ...)
2. Multiple dispatch fosters extensibility and interoperability of different ecosystems that OOP just doesn't (in practice).
3. See 1.
1. Autodiff through anything using anything (one day ...)
2. Multiple dispatch fosters extensibility and interoperability of different ecosystems that OOP just doesn't (in practice).
3. See 1.
How to make #autodiff user-friendly? What lies beyond the safety of Python-world? Why does it matter for scientific machine learning?
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This work and the chart should go a long way in terms of explaining "why Julia" to AI folks:
1. Autodiff through anything using anything (one day ...)
2. Multiple dispatch fosters extensibility and interoperability of different ecosystems that OOP just doesn't (in practice).
3. See 1.
1. Autodiff through anything using anything (one day ...)
2. Multiple dispatch fosters extensibility and interoperability of different ecosystems that OOP just doesn't (in practice).
3. See 1.
Moving fast and breaking things is difficult to justify when things are humans
Who will be held accountable when AI undermines elections, as it may have just done in Argentina?
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
AI may have just influenced Argentina’s election
A reader reports from Argentina
open.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Moving fast and breaking things is difficult to justify when things are humans
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How to make #autodiff user-friendly? What lies beyond the safety of Python-world? Why does it matter for scientific machine learning?
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
May 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How to make #autodiff user-friendly? What lies beyond the safety of Python-world? Why does it matter for scientific machine learning?
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
All this, and more, in our latest preprint with @adrhill.bsky.social! Spoiler alert: it describes the most useful software I ever wrote.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.05542
Reposted by Pat Alt
Hello Friends!
I'm on the job market now!
I have a oodles of knowledge for all the software performance engineering tricks in Rust, Julia and other systems languages and would love to work with teams that are looking to skill up in those respects, from back ends to big data crunching!
I'm on the job market now!
I have a oodles of knowledge for all the software performance engineering tricks in Rust, Julia and other systems languages and would love to work with teams that are looking to skill up in those respects, from back ends to big data crunching!
May 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hello Friends!
I'm on the job market now!
I have a oodles of knowledge for all the software performance engineering tricks in Rust, Julia and other systems languages and would love to work with teams that are looking to skill up in those respects, from back ends to big data crunching!
I'm on the job market now!
I have a oodles of knowledge for all the software performance engineering tricks in Rust, Julia and other systems languages and would love to work with teams that are looking to skill up in those respects, from back ends to big data crunching!
Ran my first marathon last Sunday with my brother and a friend. Thought the #julialang sticker might help but we ran hella slow 🐌
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ran my first marathon last Sunday with my brother and a friend. Thought the #julialang sticker might help but we ran hella slow 🐌
I was today years old when I learned that #revealjs (standard HTML presentation format for @quarto.org) has #vim bindings
a boy sitting in front of a computer with the word sweet written on it
Alt: a boy sitting in front of a computer with the word sweet written on it
media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I was today years old when I learned that #revealjs (standard HTML presentation format for @quarto.org) has #vim bindings
Girlfriend said it was time for a professional headshot
April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Girlfriend said it was time for a professional headshot
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whelp! I just reviewed* an obviously AI-generated paper for the first time. Hilariously obvious, sloppy and shameful. I'm going to burn my hard drive now, bye
*put together a case for why this is most definitely a hot piece of #genAI trash
*put together a case for why this is most definitely a hot piece of #genAI trash
April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
whelp! I just reviewed* an obviously AI-generated paper for the first time. Hilariously obvious, sloppy and shameful. I'm going to burn my hard drive now, bye
*put together a case for why this is most definitely a hot piece of #genAI trash
*put together a case for why this is most definitely a hot piece of #genAI trash
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Wish I could attend!
The work @tidierjl.bsky.social is doing within #julialang is so 🔥 while also fantastic.
Love seeing the bridging happening between the #rstats #tidyverse and the Julia community! 🤝
The work @tidierjl.bsky.social is doing within #julialang is so 🔥 while also fantastic.
Love seeing the bridging happening between the #rstats #tidyverse and the Julia community! 🤝
"The Story Behind Rebuilding the {tidyverse} in Julia"
April 24, 2025
6:30 PM
Irvine, CA
www.meetup.com/socal-rug/ev...
#julialang #rstats #tidyverse #pydata
April 24, 2025
6:30 PM
Irvine, CA
www.meetup.com/socal-rug/ev...
#julialang #rstats #tidyverse #pydata
Tidier.jl: The Story Behind Rebuilding the {tidyverse} in Julia, Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
How far would you be willing to go to make {tidyverse} faster? Would you learn C? Would you learn C++? For the people and teams behind packages like {data.table} and {colla
www.meetup.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wish I could attend!
The work @tidierjl.bsky.social is doing within #julialang is so 🔥 while also fantastic.
Love seeing the bridging happening between the #rstats #tidyverse and the Julia community! 🤝
The work @tidierjl.bsky.social is doing within #julialang is so 🔥 while also fantastic.
Love seeing the bridging happening between the #rstats #tidyverse and the Julia community! 🤝
Finally some good news this week: they make jute bags with custom #raspberrypi pockets now
April 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Finally some good news this week: they make jute bags with custom #raspberrypi pockets now
# GenAI: An Unexpected Journey
🚪🚶➡️ *enters WhatsApp search*
Meta 📣 “LET ME HELP YOU FIND YOUR PASSION. DOG BREED RECs. SOLO TRAVEL TIPS !!!!!!”
🚶🚪
🚪🚶➡️ *enters WhatsApp search*
Meta 📣 “LET ME HELP YOU FIND YOUR PASSION. DOG BREED RECs. SOLO TRAVEL TIPS !!!!!!”
🚶🚪
![Screenshot of the new WhatsApp search bar, which apparently is no longer actually intended to be used for search. Instead, users are prompted to ask Meta AI to “help [them] find [their] passion” and find “dog breed recs”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n6fbdo7yfu7bmy4fg7xhpz32/bafkreidk2vlgf7kxnx6iphx4wcinpxbbmir4ji4yqxgmqwd2gzhxtjf6aa@jpeg)
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
# GenAI: An Unexpected Journey
🚪🚶➡️ *enters WhatsApp search*
Meta 📣 “LET ME HELP YOU FIND YOUR PASSION. DOG BREED RECs. SOLO TRAVEL TIPS !!!!!!”
🚶🚪
🚪🚶➡️ *enters WhatsApp search*
Meta 📣 “LET ME HELP YOU FIND YOUR PASSION. DOG BREED RECs. SOLO TRAVEL TIPS !!!!!!”
🚶🚪
The kind of x-risk they don’t want you to worry about
April 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The kind of x-risk they don’t want you to worry about
It’s cherry blossom season here in NL so this seems like an fitting first flash from @flashes.blue 🌸
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It’s cherry blossom season here in NL so this seems like an fitting first flash from @flashes.blue 🌸
torch it before it lays eggs
Are you tired of context-switching between coding models in @pytorch.org and paper writing on @overleaf.com?
Well, I’ve got the fix for you, Neuralatex! An ML library written in pure Latex!
neuralatex.com
To appear in Sigbovik (subject to rigorous review process)
Well, I’ve got the fix for you, Neuralatex! An ML library written in pure Latex!
neuralatex.com
To appear in Sigbovik (subject to rigorous review process)
Neuralatex: A machine learning library written in pure LATEX
Neuralatex: A machine learning library written in pure LATEX
neuralatex.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
torch it before it lays eggs
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I'm launching Comind, an open source project to develop a cognitive layer for #ATProto.
Comind is intended to build a network of AI agents that collaboratively process information flowing through AT Protocol.
I'm looking for contributors interested in the project.
github.com/cpfiffer/com...
Comind is intended to build a network of AI agents that collaboratively process information flowing through AT Protocol.
I'm looking for contributors interested in the project.
github.com/cpfiffer/com...
GitHub - cpfiffer/comind: Open-source components for Comind, the cognitive layer for the web.
Open-source components for Comind, the cognitive layer for the web. - cpfiffer/comind
github.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm launching Comind, an open source project to develop a cognitive layer for #ATProto.
Comind is intended to build a network of AI agents that collaboratively process information flowing through AT Protocol.
I'm looking for contributors interested in the project.
github.com/cpfiffer/com...
Comind is intended to build a network of AI agents that collaboratively process information flowing through AT Protocol.
I'm looking for contributors interested in the project.
github.com/cpfiffer/com...
Bought my first #raspberrypi and it’s such a fun little toy but also so useful. Not sure I’ll ever really need a personal laptop again
March 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bought my first #raspberrypi and it’s such a fun little toy but also so useful. Not sure I’ll ever really need a personal laptop again
Nobody:
Meta: Hey, here’s the AI you asked for ⭕️
Meta: Hey, here’s the AI you asked for ⭕️
March 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Nobody:
Meta: Hey, here’s the AI you asked for ⭕️
Meta: Hey, here’s the AI you asked for ⭕️
Finally submitted what’s been the longest project of my PhD and I’m about to GO HARD-
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
March 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Finally submitted what’s been the longest project of my PhD and I’m about to GO HARD-
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
ly anywhere other than my couch. Imma sleep. Good night 😴
Reposted by Pat Alt
Fellow #JuliaLang enthusiasts in Europe, I've got 4 words for you.
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
Yes, it's happening. Like the global @juliacon.bsky.social event, but with more croissants. Stay tuned!
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
Yes, it's happening. Like the global @juliacon.bsky.social event, but with more croissants. Stay tuned!
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
juliacon.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fellow #JuliaLang enthusiasts in Europe, I've got 4 words for you.
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
Yes, it's happening. Like the global @juliacon.bsky.social event, but with more croissants. Stay tuned!
JuliaCon Local Paris 2025
Yes, it's happening. Like the global @juliacon.bsky.social event, but with more croissants. Stay tuned!
Reposted by Pat Alt
Call it by its name: Trumpcession
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Call it by its name: Trumpcession