<iframe src='https://my.spline.design/waffle-2541225a3daf9a3831e3ddefed8d283b/' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='100%'></iframe> Hi! I'm Sam. I'm a healthtech ex-founder, host of [Learning Time](https://lu.ma/learningtime) in SF, nerd re: Effective Altruism & BCI tech. Currently, I'm working with [Weights & Biases](https://wandb.me/37QHsti) as an AI Engineer on their [Weave](https://wandb.me/KQikSiB) team (3 lines of code to get LLM observability!). Also, I spin fire 🔥 & make weird art 🎨. Right now, I'm most excited about creating [[Language Model Entities (LMEs)]]. I'd say agents, but agents have been taken to mean something much more constrained (an LLM with tools and maybe some cognitive architecture). By entities, I mean systems that have multi-purpose memory (e.g. episodic memory, procedural memory), can self-regulate (detect errors, avoid infinite loops, meaningfully learn from mistakes), and are generally useful for long-term operation. This site is a stub. My main focus right now is to establish the habit of writing and putting it on the internet. Initial notes will be short-form thoughts, though I'll post a few longer pieces here later. Writings: - [[Lessons from Dozy, my insomnia care startup]] - [[Current (2023) language model agents are too linear]] - [[You need evals - a primer and new techniques]] - [[Deep spiritual practice doesn't lead to flowing deeply-aligned work by default]] - [Insomnia with an EA lens: Bigger than malaria? (old EA forum post)](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ztrYNRJ66NQeMpS64/insomnia-with-an-ea-lens-bigger-than-malaria) Other creations: - [👼 Shoulder Angel, an AI that helps you focus on your goals](https://x.com/sammakesthings/status/1815650885596496002) - [🎨 Altruist Dreams - a collaborative art piece from EAG SF](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jAqm6gXt8QZfj8h5c/altruist-dreams-a-collaborative-art-piece-from-eag-sf) - [SF Poetry Box Project](https://sfpoetrybox.com) - Part of [SF Pursuit](https://sfpursuit.org/) - [Twitter thread on a nonlinear LLM agent project, for the AutoGPT hackathon](https://twitter.com/sammakesthings/status/1711170768347029738) - That time I threw a birthday party that was [mentioned in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/business/bryan-johnson-longevity-blueprint.html) (just ctrl+f "birthday") - [A laser-guided meditation art installation](https://twitter.com/sammakesthings/status/1554353240661037056) (code is on GitHub) Broken links are things I haven't made public yet. Generally, I'll try to save the public notes for original thoughts. For other internet presence, see [Twitter](https://twitter.com/sammakesthings) (thoughts), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/samsynthesizes/) (life vignettes), or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelstowers/) (boring and probably stale) 🌎 💪 🌹