sémaphore

how do we set up teams for success?

Personal notes on management

Jan 13 • 

Karina Nguyen

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May 2024

moral progress

I wrote this essay in 2023. I still feel the same and reflect that the work of aligning AI may not have a definite end.

May 19, 2024 • 

Karina Nguyen

11

2

things I learned at Anthropic

I left Anthropic and joined OpenAI.

May 16, 2024 • 

Karina Nguyen

180

4

March 2024

the cost of AI reasoning is going to drastically decrease

As time progresses, AI models are achieving higher reasoning accuracy while their associated costs continue to drastically decrease. What does it mean…

Mar 29, 2024 • 

Karina Nguyen

36

2

October 2023

tailoring taste

Some reflections on building Inter Alia, a visual text-image fashion recommendation search.

Oct 30, 2023 • 

Karina Nguyen

13

3

September 2023

cultures of writing

It's hard not to notice the pivotal role that strong writing cultures play in enabling innovation

Sep 17, 2023 • 

Karina Nguyen

102

5

July 2023

hard truths

being honest, while excruciatingly hard, is necessary for living authentically and without regret.

Jul 17, 2023 • 

Karina Nguyen

23

June 2023

a lost study of soviet subway construction

As someone who grew up in a city of Soviet-era subways, I have a nostalgia for the engineering innovations that shaped its unique infrastructure.

Jun 16, 2023 • 

Karina Nguyen

7

May 2023

principled AGI progress

A new design mandate for AGI, moral craftsmanship, and inhabiting contradiction.

May 23, 2023 • 

Karina Nguyen

7

1

October 2022

the future i want to be in

tiny life update: i am joining Anthropic, AI safety research lab.

Oct 13, 2022 • 

Karina Nguyen

21

1

July 2022

cyberwarcrime and punishment

sci-fi and reality, war and peace, airborne leaflets and a new paradigm in hybrid warfare.

Jul 26, 2022 • 

Karina Nguyen

1

March 2022

ukraine is my home

the relationship with my home is like of origami - it shaped me, hurting my fingers and so equally adding new layers to my identity and bringing me true…

Mar 26, 2022 • 

Karina Nguyen

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