Benjamin Han

@BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social
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Husband, father, runner, German learner, piano player. A curious soul living in #PacificNorthwest. Working on Knowledge + #ML + #AgenticAI at .

#Running 5/25/18-7/6/25: (dist # time pace/mi date)

5K 773 21:11 6’49” 7/7/25
10K 238 44:16 7’07” 3/23/25
15K 17 1:09:25 7’27” 4/6/25
HM 58 1:39:07 7’34” 3/16/25
M 26 3:25:52 7’51” 4/13/25
50K 8 4:47:35 9’15” 6/22/25 (moving time)

2025: 1,517.1/2,400mi (2024: 2,375.4mi)
Max dist: 35.28mi 6/22/25

#nlp #nlproc #knowledgeGraphs #classicalMusic

Running recapshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz7qd_EMlRkR4hTs6HgmqK_LMgALFvemt
Benjamin Han8h ago

J. S. #Bach, #Telemann & #Albinoni: Concerti
Olivier Fortin, Sophie Gent, Ensemble Masques, Kathleen Kajioka

https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1807001257?l=en-US

#classicalMusic #appleMusicClassical #commute

J. S. Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti by Olivier Fortin - Apple Music Classical

Listen to J. S. Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti by Olivier Fortin. 2025. 18 tracks. 1 hour, 1 minute.

Apple Music Classical - Web Player
Benjamin Han9h ago
Robin C14h ago

“Nobody gets old merely by number of years” - charming profile of 87 year old runner Shimei Nakaoji.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEC6R-2ZKk4

#running #ShortFilm #Japan

In Okinawa, 87 year old Shimei Nakaoji defies age by running daily in a reach towards eternal youth

YouTube
Benjamin Han9h ago
moelholm🏃🏻‍♂️16h ago

🇫🇷 13K Trail run 🏃🏻‍♂️

Another lovely morning run in France 🤗

https://strava.app.link/f5pcpNcsPUb

#running #trailrunning

Show threadBenjamin Han1d ago

4/n

Talk: https://youtu.be/5QcCeSsNRks?t=0

#AGI #AI #talk

François Chollet: How We Get To AGI

YouTube
Show threadBenjamin Han1d ago

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* Two types of abstractions
- Type-1: prototype/value-centric, continuous — transformer is good at this
- Type-2: program-centric abstraction/graphs, discrete/search — ???
- Type-2 is data efficient but test-time inefficient due to combinatorial explosion.

* Intelligent systems needs to combine Type-1 and 2 abstractions
- Type-2 can be guided by type-1
- Need global library of abstract subroutines

#AGI #AI #talk

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* The evolution of ARC benchmarks
- ARC-1: Prior-free reasoning tasks
- ARC-2: Compositional reasoning tasks
- ARC-3: Reasoning with interactive agency

* Intelligence implementation requires two components
- Abstraction acquisition
- Abstraction recombination (application)

#AGI #AI #talk

Benjamin Han1d ago

1/

François Chollet, creator of Keras and the ARC suite of AGI benchmarks, gave a very thoughtful talk on how we can actually get to #AGI:

* Intelligence is a process, not skills
- Intelligence is an efficient conversion from past experience to potential operating area
- AGI is not about automation, it’s about invention

* Three characterstics of intelligence
- Fluid intelligence
- Broad operational area
- Information-efficient program acquisition and synthesis

#AI #talk

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Earl K. Miller1d ago
Abstract rule learning promotes cognitive flexibility in complex environments across species
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60943-7
#neuroscience
Abstract rule learning promotes cognitive flexibility in complex environments across species - Nature Communications

Whether neurocomputational mechanisms that speed up human learning in changing environments also exist in other species remains unclear. Here, the authors show that both rats and humans sequentially test different abstract hypotheses to infer rules.

Nature
Show threadBenjamin Han1d ago
@robchapman Thanks! Here is more info on the troll: https://www.visitissaquahwa.com/places/northwest-trolls/
Issaquah's Troll, Jakob Two Trees - Visit Issaquah

Experience the awe-inspiring Northwest Trolls project, featuring hand-built troll sculptures by artist Thomas Dambo. Explore the stories that connect Coast Salish tribal communities with Danish and Scandinavian traditions, all through the lens of environmental art.On the Rainier Trail, Park at Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd S

Visit Issaquah