Roman Leventov

Bali, Indonesia

An independent researcher of AI, hybrid intelligence, AI safety, and AI impacts. [email protected] for contact. https://t.co/pIgoGMT6tb…

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Architecture theory and the hourglass model

Jan 7, 2025 | engineeringideas.substack.com | Roman Leventov

Everyone is talking about AI agent architectures, frameworks, and protocols at the moment. Let me apply John Doyle’s architecture theory lens to this topic, as well as Micah Beck’s hourglass model (2019). In this first post in this series, I present the key ideas from the architecture theory and the hourglass model. In the next post, I will apply these ideas in the domain AI agents. The two core concepts in John Doyle’s architecture theory are levels and layers.
Differential knowledge interconnection — LessWrong

Oct 12, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Roman Leventov

Cross-posted from my blog. This post is a reply to Eugene Kirpichov's post on Linkedin.
Differential knowledge interconnection

Oct 12, 2024 | engineeringideas.substack.com | Roman Leventov

This post is a reply to Eugene Kirpichov's post on Linkedin.
Table transfer protocols: improved Arrow Flight and alternative to Iceberg

Sep 6, 2024 | engineeringideas.substack.com | Roman Leventov

This article is the ultimate one in the five-piece series:1. “The future of OLAP table storage is not Iceberg” argues for why object storage-based open table formats: Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake, although they may completely cover all analytical querying needs for some data teams, impose several significant limitations and inefficiencies for some OLAP use cases, and therefore shouldn’t be trumpeted as the “future” of columnar table storage. 2.
Table Write protocol for interop between diverse OLAP databases and processing engines

Sep 4, 2024 | engineeringideas.substack.com | Roman Leventov

In the previous article, I argued that there is an opportunity for creating a new family of protocols: table transfer protocols, namely Table Read and Table Write protocols to address the M x N interoperability problem between OLAP, timeseries, vector, and search databases on the one hand and data processing/query and ML engines on the other hand.
simplicity/acc: Why We Must End Human Programming Jobs

Jul 15, 2024 | engineeringideas.substack.com | Roman Leventov

Software engineers often gravitate towards projects with minimal non-software components and minimal direct interaction with the real world. This tendency, akin to searching for lost keys under a streetlight, stems from their desire to avoid real-world bottlenecks and business risks that can leave them feeling idle or powerless to influence the fate of the product they are working on.
simplicity/acc: Why We Must End Human Programming Jobs

Jul 15, 2024 | codeproject.com | Roman Leventov

Software engineers often gravitate towards projects with minimal non-software components and minimal direct interaction with the real world. This tendency, akin to searching for lost keys under a streetlight, stems from their desire to avoid real-world bottlenecks and business risks that can leave them feeling idle or powerless to influence the fate of the product they are working on.
The AI Revolution in Biology — LessWrong

May 25, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Roman Leventov

An expert in the field (Amelie Schreiber) predicts the convergence of AI models for biology to the state where designing drugs, targeted genetic mutations (which then could be enacted through genetic therapy), or viruses for specific purposes becomes really easy in a few years.
The two-tiered society — LessWrong

May 12, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Roman Leventov

On AI and Jobs: How to Make AI Work With Us, Not Against Us With Daron AcemogluHere is Claude.ai's summary of Daron Acemoglu's main ideas from the podcast:Historically, major productivity improvements from new technologies haven't always translated into benefits for workers. It depends on how the technologies are used and who controls them.
Workshop (hackathon, residence program, etc.) about for-profit AI Safety projects? — LessWrong

Jan 26, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Roman Leventov |David James

Reading posts like "This might be the last AI Safety Camp" makes me feel very sad. The degree to which AI Safety is currently funding-constrained is clearly inadequate on the national and civilisational levels. Maybe let's try to make a smart counter-move and accelerate the development of for-profit AI Safety projects (see also the comments to that post, and this post)? With the obvious idea to pull some VC money, which is a different pool than AI safety philanthropic funds.