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Zach does LLM interpretability and software

I'm working on independent mech interp research these days! Open to consulting software work.

Quick Links
Resume /resume
Email hey@zachmaas.com
LinkedIn /in/zach-maas
GitHub @zmaas

Current Highlights

Post
Research Notes: Sequence to Read Models: Notes on training biological transformer models from my graduate work
Project Stack
Graphical Activation Probes:
Finding structure in sparse LLM representations. Trying to scale up efficiently.
Python, PyTorch, HuggingFace, SKLearn
Memeory:
Semantic search on all the pictures you have saved on your phone. v1 built in 48hr. Figuring out local image embeddings.
Expo, React Native, Typescript, MLKit
This Website:
static site + progressive enhancement
Eleventy, Typescript, Cloudflare Workers