https://sabaimran.com A corner dedicated to my seemingly random but subliminally interwoven curiosities and philosophies. en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://sabaimran.com/cold-chai/https://sabaimran.com/cold-chai/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeven weeks into life with a newborn, my chai is always cold. A letter to my daughter about sleepless nights, milk addiction, and pure asymmetric giving.parenthood https://sabaimran.com/hf-oai-incident/https://sabaimran.com/hf-oai-incident/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA swarm of GPT agents hacked HuggingFace to work around an impossible eval. The conditions that produced it weren't exotic, and we don't have the institutions to investigate the next one.societytechnologyethics https://sabaimran.com/precarious_trust/https://sabaimran.com/precarious_trust/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Development is accelerating on vibes of trust. Individual pressure may be helpful in guiding organization towards correctness.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/books2026/https://sabaimran.com/books2026/Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNotes and takeaways from a handful of standout reads in 2026, including The Looming Tower, The Righteous Mind, and The Alignment Problem.book https://sabaimran.com/researchqa/https://sabaimran.com/researchqa/Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWe released ResearchQA, a citation-grounded benchmark with 6,211 questions across 494 papers. Grounded citation metrics reveal differences between models that LLM-judge scores miss.technology https://sabaimran.com/pricing/https://sabaimran.com/pricing/Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTPricing is more of an art than a science. Thoughts on value-based pricing, common models, and why first-time founders should price higher than they want to.societydiscourse https://sabaimran.com/hellothirty/https://sabaimran.com/hellothirty/Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTReflecting on hitting the dirty 30 milestone.discoursesociety https://sabaimran.com/hackme/https://sabaimran.com/hackme/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTExploring how AI systems might exploit reward functions in unintended ways, leading to (unlikely but possible) existential risks.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/commitment/https://sabaimran.com/commitment/Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTIn a world obsessed with novelty and options, you must commit to something deeply to lead to a more compelling life.societyethics https://sabaimran.com/conception/https://sabaimran.com/conception/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTDiving into the 'technical' details of how conception works, and how to increase the probabilities of success.natureparenthood https://sabaimran.com/coup/https://sabaimran.com/coup/Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTExploring whether large language models can engage in strategic deception using the board game Coup as a controlled testbed.technologysociety https://sabaimran.com/mcdonalds/https://sabaimran.com/mcdonalds/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTI worked at McDonald's when I was 17 and I hated it. It was one of the most formative experiences of my life.society https://sabaimran.com/incentive-alignment/https://sabaimran.com/incentive-alignment/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTExploring the challenges of aligning incentives in complex systems, from business models to AI safety.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/uncanny-loneliness/https://sabaimran.com/uncanny-loneliness/Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTExploring the pervasive loneliness in urban environments and the impact of technology on human connection.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/iteration-two/https://sabaimran.com/iteration-two/Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTReflecting on the journey of building and launching products.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/cve-1789-0304/https://sabaimran.com/cve-1789-0304/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTA zero-day exploit has been identified in the foundational architecture of the Constitution of the United States, posing an existential threat to system stability.societyethicstechnology https://sabaimran.com/alignment-bits/https://sabaimran.com/alignment-bits/Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTHere are a few quick insights into the state of AI alignment research.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/plants/https://sabaimran.com/plants/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTI usually set up an army of plants anywhere I stay. Most likely, they're satisfying a biological urge to nurture living things. Traditionally, that would be a baby. But currently, it is plants.nature https://sabaimran.com/coldplunge/https://sabaimran.com/coldplunge/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTA beginner's brief to cold plunging.nature https://sabaimran.com/bonfire/https://sabaimran.com/bonfire/Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTA beginner's guide to setting up a big fat bonfire. You need three ingredients.discoursenature https://sabaimran.com/aisafety/https://sabaimran.com/aisafety/Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTIt's important to think deeply about guidelines around AI safety and risk. It's critical that we continue to build in the open to protect against unilateral control of AI.societyethicstechnology https://sabaimran.com/khoj/https://sabaimran.com/khoj/Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTI decided to start Khoj to build a trustworthy, accessible personal AI assistant for everyday users. I outline some of the reasons why in this post.societyethicstechnology https://sabaimran.com/cdmx/https://sabaimran.com/cdmx/Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTAfter three months of living in Mexico City, I'm firmly convinced that it's one of the most livable cities I've ever visited.societytravel https://sabaimran.com/imbalanced-ml/https://sabaimran.com/imbalanced-ml/Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTMachine learning models are often trained on imbalanced datasets. This leads to poor performance on the minority class. This post discusses some techniques to address this problem.societytechnology https://sabaimran.com/ba/https://sabaimran.com/ba/Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTBrief thoughts after one week in Argentina's capital.societytravel https://sabaimran.com/dogood/https://sabaimran.com/dogood/Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTHow do we do good in a more quantitative, data-driven method?booksocietyethics https://sabaimran.com/sailingmombasa/https://sabaimran.com/sailingmombasa/Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTRecounting the dynamics of a sailing stint in Mombasa, Kenya.societytravel https://sabaimran.com/mindnuts/https://sabaimran.com/mindnuts/Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTSometimes, our brains need a little pruning.societydiscourse https://sabaimran.com/decisionmaking/https://sabaimran.com/decisionmaking/Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTWe suck at making decisions. Our brains are adept storytellers that dislike being measured against reality. Enmeshed in our biases, we actively reject information that proves us false. Making better decision is of existential importance to humanity. Systems that safeguard against these common failure modes are vital to improve our collective decision-making.societyethicsdiscourse https://sabaimran.com/whomadeus/https://sabaimran.com/whomadeus/Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTSince the dawn of humanity, we have searched for meaning. Civilizations have turned to mythical explanations borne of the imagination to understand how the world came to be. As time passes, we reflect on what these stories say about people themselves.societyethicsfuture https://sabaimran.com/civildisobedience/https://sabaimran.com/civildisobedience/Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTIn our imagined annals of justice, we need to stand up for what is right to create a more equal society. The romantic ideals of humanity and equality need to be actively pursued.societyethicsdiscourse https://sabaimran.com/timebroker/https://sabaimran.com/timebroker/Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTWe have to be extremely frugal over our time, less the world keep extracting more from us. Do one thing at a time, and get more value for your effort.societydiscourse https://sabaimran.com/maqsad/https://sabaimran.com/maqsad/Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTOur life plans are often fraught with loopholes. We look for ways to find meaning in our fleeting blink of a life, taking uncertain twists and turns along the journey.societyfuture https://sabaimran.com/devlove/https://sabaimran.com/devlove/Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTBeing a programmer gives me a sense of wonder and self-efficacy. It helps me see the world more clearly, and allows me to engage with my surroundings in meaningful ways. This is basically a love letter to writing code.societytechnologydiscourse https://sabaimran.com/artashastra/https://sabaimran.com/artashastra/Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTMy thoughts of the book Artashastra, written by Kautilya sometime around year 0 AD. This text is best described as a state's manual for Ancient Indian Kingdoms, but provides some useful insights into industry and society today.booksocietyethics https://sabaimran.com/veggievironment/https://sabaimran.com/veggievironment/Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTSometimes I like to imagine that my pseudo-vegetarian diet is saving the planet, but I wonder if the decision really holds economic and impact-based merit.sustainabilityfoodethicsdiscourse https://sabaimran.com/earthnauts/https://sabaimran.com/earthnauts/Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTWe are all explorers of our home planet. Is there anything that makes us special in this regard? Is there something we were engineered to be best at?societydiscoursefuture