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…1 min read·Apr 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…1 min read·Mar 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…4 min read·Feb 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…3 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Nov 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.3 min read·Oct 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…4 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Sep 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…4 min read·Sep 17, 2019----