Obligatory DeepSeek Takes
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Aidan Pak
Writing
Thinking in public
The CUDA Advantage: How NVIDIA Came to Dominate AI
Jun 2024Understanding the catalyst to NVIDIA lock-in and the future of AI hardware
Enhancing LLMs with RAG and Vector Databases
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The Emergence of The Transformer
Jun 2023The architectural breakthrough behind ChatGPT and modern language models
The Mathematics Behind Crypto Transactions
Apr 2023How cryptographic primitives secure blockchain transactions
The Tokenization of Open-Source Software
Apr 2023A new era of innovation and rewards for open-source contributors
My Thoughts on the FTX Collapse
Nov 2022The sordid details behind the FTX downfall
Democratizing Big Data
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The Future of NFTs
Mar 2022Much more than $300,000 JPGs
An Introduction to Web 3.0
Jan 2022The technology that can revolutionize the internet and cloud computing
The Rise of the E-Yuan
Nov 2021The double-edged sword of CBDCs