Optimization

compositional.mle: SICP-Inspired Optimization

An R package where solvers are first-class functions that compose through chaining, racing, and restarts.

The Policy: S-Risk Scenarios - Worse Than Extinction

Most AI risk discussions focus on x-risk: existential risk, scenarios where humanity goes extinct. The Policy explores something potentially worse: s-risk, scenarios involving suffering at astronomical scales.

The “s” stands for …

Fisher Flow: Information Geometry in Optimization

Using Fisher information and information geometry for optimization problems.

Numerical Methods for Maximum Likelihood Estimation

Numerical approaches to solving maximum likelihood estimation problems.