Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedA Quick UpdateI’ve recently completed the scholars program at OpenAI and it’s been an amazing place to journey into deep learning. I’ve explored so many…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedText Prediction DataloaderWhen I was working on my project, I needed to train a transformer on an unsupervised task. In this case the task was text prediction. For…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedThe Artifacts of Language ModelsI’ve been reading The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and have been really enjoying Naval’s perspectives on things. In thinking about how the…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedMoving from Words to BytesI’m long overdue for an update of where I’ve been in my OpenAI journey! While learning about sequence and language models, I’ve been…Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedGreatness cannot be plannedFirst things first, I found a good work cadence as well as a way to track and categorize the topics I’m exploring. There is so much to…Nov 10, 2020Nov 10, 2020
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedLottery Tickets and Simplified ParametersAfter reading The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis, I had a few ideas and wanted to capture them to revisit as a possible research direction.Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedEntering a new worldReflecting on my last two weeks at OpenAI, it’s been a pretty interesting time! I’m excited to be a part of the Scholars program and to be…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedOn BubblesI‘ve been thinking about how I’ve only enjoyed you in bubbles. By bubbles I refer to separate spaces of existence, where we are in our own…Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
Samuel GbafainSamuel SynthesizedBearing FruitAt the burning of an art piece called Mariposita, I met a guy name Nick with whom I had a fascinating discussion. Something we discussed…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
