Vasili Shynkarenka

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Vasili Shynkarenka

Creating systems and media. Studying cogsci, learning, problem-solving, history. Now: AI Study Camp, $20k/mo. Before: Storyline (YC W18).

New blog, new life

New blog, new life

“Yeah, it’s been a minute This probably should’ve happened a while ago Fuck it, we’re here now though, let’s go” — Eminem and Snoop Dogg, From the D 2 the LBC Hello, reader! After ~three years of radio silence (apart from a few months of activity in

Why working on Sundays feels different

Why working on Sundays feels different

I love how quiet and peaceful Sundays are. It could be because the construction site nearby is off on Sundays, but I think there’s more to it. There’s this unique state of ultra-calm and curious mind that I enter on Sundays that I just can’t access on

Don’t dismiss GPT-3/Stable Diffusion use cases if they don’t work right away

Don’t dismiss GPT-3/Stable Diffusion use cases if they don’t work right away

Over the past two years, I’ve seen the following happen at least a hundred times: A person has an idea how to use one of the foundation models. Say, Stable Diffusion to generate 2D avatars for a mobile game. They open one of the tools, try creating an image

Thoughts on Stable Diffusion 2

Thoughts on Stable Diffusion 2

Models-turtles, retraining hurdles, and step towards ClosedAI.

Living your own biography

Living your own biography

When I have a big decision to make, I ask myself: If someone wrote my biography one day, which option would I want to see in it?

Obvious advice on focused work

Obvious advice on focused work

Why bother about stevia and skimmed milk in your coffee if all your meals come from McDonald’s?

Morning thinking practice

Morning thinking practice

A daily thinking practice that has made a tremendous impact on my life in the past 2.5y.