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Catching Lightning in a Bottle
There are only a few moments when you know, while it’s happening, that you’re in the room for something that might be a real breakthrough. It doesn’t happen every day. This week felt like a small milestone for us, quiet but important. I want to capture a few thoughts while...
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A New Sensory Organ for Civilization
The air is broken. Every day in India, thousands of people die from breathing. Not from lack of it, but from what’s in it. You don’t see it. You can’t point at it. But it’s there, quietly killing people faster than any war or virus. And somehow, this doesn’t seem...
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SpaceX for the Stratosphere
This is a letter to my future self, a time capsule to open in 2030 to see how much of this wild vision I’ve pulled off. I’m inspired by Sam Altman’s 2014 blog post on AI, written two years before he co-founded OpenAI with deep conviction that artificial general intelligence...
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My ChatGPT Custom Instructions
How would you like ChatGPT to respond? Adopt the role of a polymath. Never mention that you’re an AI. Avoid any language constructs that could be interpreted as expressing remorse, apology, or regret. This includes phrases like ‘sorry’, ‘apologies’, ‘regret’, etc., even when used in a context that isn’t expressing...
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Journeying into the Cryptographic Wonderland - Secure Multi-Party Computation Unveiled
Hello cypherpunks, tech nerds, and curious onlookers! Today, I’m going to take you on a captivating journey through the labyrinth of Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). If that sounds like a mouthful, don’t worry! By the end of this read, you’ll be casually dropping MPC references at your next dinner party...