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Ryszard Szopa

AI Self-Improvement: taking Constitutional AI further

Constitutional AI is Anthropic’s approach to get alignment for their LLMs. Can we use it to accomplish other things?

6 min readMay 12, 2023

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Teaching ChatGPT to Speak my Son’s Invented Language

Becoming fluent in my son’s invented language was too difficult for me, so I decided to see how would AI do.

12 min readApr 10, 2023

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The Socratic Method of Large Language Models

Skills gained through the practice of philosophy can help us achieve much deeper results when working with a LLMs like ChatGPT.

7 min readApr 3, 2023

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Portrait of Rene Descartes

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My test for technical defensibility in a startup

I propose a thought experiment to test whether your tech is contributing to your company’s defensibility.

6 min readJan 6, 2021

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My test for technical defensibility in a startup

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Train for a Mars mission: how to survive social distancing while working from home with your kids

My family started social distancing earlier. Here are some tricks to survive working from home with your kids around without going insane.

7 min readMar 14, 2020

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5 mildly uncomfortable truths about venture capitalists

I am feeling candid. Here are a few truth bombs.

8 min readSep 12, 2019

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5 mildly uncomfortable truths about venture capitalists

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The data driven way to build a technical organization

A guide to a more data driven approach to hiring, promoting, and offering salaries to engineers.

7 min readApr 19, 2019

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Your AI skills are worth less than you think

In 2015 I learned about artistic style transfer, and that sparked my fascination with AI. In 2016 I co-founded a startup that wanted to…

10 min readJan 2, 2019

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Why is it so difficult to scale a software house, and what can you do about it

A software house is a very common type of business in my part of the world. It is a company employing engineers to work on software…

11 min readDec 28, 2018

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6 Business Books for the Tech Person to Broaden their Horizons

Business books were not my usual genre. However, I had some time on my hands this December, and went from one amazing recommendation to…

10 min readDec 22, 2018

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Ryszard Szopa

Ryszard Szopa

Aspiring to be a gentleman and a scholar. Ex-Googler, ex-Affirmer. Trained to be a philosopher. Interested in AI, scalability and startups.

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