Edwin Chen
Person on 4 sites
Founder and CEO of the AI data company Surge AI; earlier a machine-learning engineer at Twitter, Google and Facebook.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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3 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Too many AI benchmarks are too sanitized: they only test well-defined problems. (opens korrents.com)
“too many benchmarks are too sanitized. they test if models can solve well-defined problems when you tell them exactly what problem is.”
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Judging coding agents by whether their unit tests pass is like promoting an engineer for the same reason. (opens korrents.com)
“imagine promoting an engineer because their unit tests pass. that's basically how we've been evaluating coding agents.”
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Coding agents are very good at junior-level engineering when given a well-defined ticket. (opens korrents.com)
“coding agents are getting very good at being L3s. give them a well-defined ticket and they can write excellent code.”
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Too many AI benchmarks are too sanitized: they only test well-defined problems. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Story of Your Life (opens rcmnd.app)
“first, Story of Your Life by Tai Cheng. It's my all-time favorite short story.”
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Travelers (opens rcmnd.app)
“One of my new all-time favorite TV shows is something I found recently. It's called Travelers.”
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Contact (opens rcmnd.app)
“And then I actually just rewatched Contact, which is all one of my all-time favorite movies.”
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Story of Your Life (opens rcmnd.app)