‘Theory of Vibe’ Open Questions: Generative ModelsLet’s say M is a parametric family of distributions, and I’m doing MLE in M on samples from some distribution D that isn’t in M. I want to…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
‘Theory of Vibe’ Open Questions: Going Beyond Toy ModelsThe content of my doctoral dissertation was something like “If you grant me the false premise that a work of art is a set of samples from…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
‘Theory of Vibe’ Open Questions: Distilling Core CommitmentsA friend asked what the core commitments of my theory are, because he thinks the choice of autoencoders as my ML-theoretic stand-in for…Jan 19, 2021Jan 19, 2021
My treatise 'Theory of Vibe,’ seven years in the making, is now up on Glass Bead Journal.Nov 17, 2017Nov 17, 2017
From ‘A Literary Theorist’s Guide to Autoencoding’(Excerpt from ’17 Harvard Department of Comparative Literature dissertation ‘Ambient Meaning: Mood, Vibe, System’ Ch. 1)Jun 14, 2017Jun 14, 2017
Deep Learning, Literature, and Aesthetic Meaning, With Applications to Modernist Studies(Précis of April ‘17 HUJI Einstein Institute of Mathematics talk)Apr 24, 20171Apr 24, 20171
