Vishnu Gopal

I’ve always liked to think of the A in AI as augmented instead of artificial.

The problem I've been interested in is this: if you have content or principles that you'd like to learn from a book, is it possible to build an interactive agent that can help you grok that content easier?

In 1984, Benjamin Bloom published a finding that has haunted education ever since: students tutored one-on-one performed two standard deviations better than students in a conventional classroom.

TLDR: I've rebound the space key so that when held it behaves like a combo of Ctrl+Option+Cmd+Shift (the Hyper key) using kanata, and then bound Space+letter combinations using Raycast to launch and switch between apps instantly.

Last weeks: trip to Japan, Chronicle news, and links.

Last week: switching back to Cursor AI, Alapuzha Gymkhana, Path to Transcendence & the Japan visa.

Last week: electric vehicles, configuring Zed, a CD player, visa application for Japan & movies.

Last week: IVF, reflections on writing, an upcoming Japan trip, and Poppy!

Last week: borked email, ICSE memories, political compass, and plans for a trip to Japan For folks not in the know, this is a weekly stream of consciousness zero-agenda "here's what's happening" or "here's what's interesting" post.

Last week: migrating vishnugopal.com, book quotes, reading glasses & AI and React stuff.