Cory Scott

A collection of gradually growing machine learning architectures.

OK, this is kinda a heady one. My & my coauthor's paper on a new way to build ML architectures and algorithms on graphs is now under review (and available on the arxiv!):
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00197

We demonstrate ways to build an algebra of growing sequence of graphs.

I love this! What a neat arrangement of different textures and spatial scales.

[shepard tone] I should take some time to relax. although now I feel stressed, maybe I should work on the thing so that I don't fail to live up to expectations. although now I feel stressed, so maybe I should take some time to relax. although now I feel stressed maybe I should–

I've been trying to think about how to word this all day. These are the same. And if you helped make this happen, fuck you.

These are the same picture.

One issue with modern LLMs is I don't really care what a machine has to say

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.

(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

Screenshot of guardian newspaper headline reading, "OpenAI reportedly claims it has evidence China’s DeepSeek ‘used its model’ to train AI chatbot"

Oh!! So copyright and intellectual property IS important now?!?

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order threatening to override families with transgender youth and shut down access to gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 nationwide.

This order will not take immediate effect, and we will not allow this policy to stand.

We are living through Republicanism boiled down to its essence: Everyone should be deprived of everything, because otherwise, somebody I don't like might get something I don't want them to have. We call it an ideology, but it's really a personality: Greedy, withholding, suspicious, angry, cruel.

It's just standard paper-backed veneer; I don't have any at hand so can't check the thickness at the moment, but it's about 2x as thick as cardstock.

Yes, I've mailed about 30 to friends and family so far. They make it through the mail just fine!

@govofco.bsky.social

Hard not to interpret it as being motivated (at least implicitly) by anti-Sinism or American imperialism, tbh.

Several wooden postcards with laser-cut geometric designs.

A wooden postcard for the Genuary prompt "what does wind look like?"

A wooden postcard for the Genuary prompt "generative architecture", featuring a schematic that shows a machine learning model.

A wooden postcard for the Genuary prompt "gradients only", featuring lots of very tiny lines illustrating the gradient of a signed distance function.

Genuary, days 18-22. I'm running late but it felt good to get back into making these.

Prompts
"What does wind look like?"
"Op Art"
'Generative Architecture "
"Collision Detection"
"Gradients only"

With the exception of the 'wind' one, these were all generated with code I use to do research!

I usually donate every year but I made an extra one when the deranged sociopath targeted Wikipedia. Like all of the extreme right, Musk doesn't want the public to have any access to truthful information. While you're at it, check out freeourfeeds.com, which aims to billionaire-proof ATproto/Bluesky.

The tech space has done everyone a disservice by clumping machine learning (actually useful), LLMs (jury's out on how useful) and some kind of promised future AGI (almost certainly vaporware) in the same AI bucket, and increasingly sweaty leaders in the space like Altman sure aren't helping

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This is a great piece.

"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

An anxious dog standing in the snow, wearing red boots.

Buckaroo is not sure about this whole "boots" thing (he's worn them several times before).

Well, the results speak for themselves!

Neat! Do you mind explaining a bit more about the SDF part (AKA why that made it harder)? SDFs are so neat!

Genuary 17 - "What if π=4"

Genuary 16 - "Generative pallette"

Genuary day 15- Design a rug.

By the way, this is inspired by (ripping off) the amazing multiscale Truchet tiles of Christopher Carlson!

A computer-generated design of several entangled threads.

Genuary Day 15: "Design a Rug".