My name is James and I am most interested in using computers to help build a better world with AI/ML technologies and also stopping AI/ML from making the world worse
I am currently a Master of AI student at Victoria University of Wellington.
Very interested in AI safey (technical alignment, malignment evaluation), as well as Reinforcement Learning (Neuroevolution is an amazing intersection), Large Language Models.
I am always keen to here about any ideas and projects that involve using Artifical Compute to make the world a better place.
I techincally have a website (that I endeavour to write on more often!).
| name | description |
|---|---|
| TAIC engine | Using LLMs and classical NLP methods to scrape and curate a database of identified; safety issues, recommendations etc from various national agencies transport investigations groups. This database is used for analysis as well as powering multiple smart tools used internally Funded by the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission |
| Exploring Deep Reinforcement learning for Continuous Robotic control | A project that involved exploring current SOTA methods for training agents to control robots in various simulated environments. Completed as part of Master of AI |
| Getting a LLM to cheat at chess | A study heavily inspired by reserach from Palisade research. Investigating the when and how various modern LLM cheat (replacing board, using chess engine, etc) when tasked with playing a game of chess. Completed as part of Master of AI |
Some older projects for completeness sake. We can call this the legacy section
| name | description |
|---|---|
| Music school invoicing system | A complete attendance management and invoicing system built for a Music school based in Wellington. Uses App script and the Google Workspace environment. Work completed as a Contractor |
| Expanding a R statistic package that assists blind users | Worked with Dr Godfrey developing the BrailleR package. Added support for audio visual exploration of graphs as well as supporting more graph types in the graph -> text pipeline Completed as part of Summer Research Grant from Massey University (2022/23) |
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