Miguel Garcia
In pursuit of a maximally predictive world model. Current rabbit holes include geometric deep learning, statecraft, and ethnography.
May, 2025
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Currently building narindex. An attempt to gain proficiency in the more practical aspects of deep learning. In a sense, reconciling too much paper reading with something more visceral. For some time, I have reflected on how GDL as a framework could be used for program synthesis tasks—more on this later. Yet nar_index, I believe, is the first step towards that.
- Also, I have found MLX incredibly delightful. Never thought a Mac Mini could be capable of so much. Started working on developing custom Metal kernels for common GNN operations.
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Inspired by Fukuyama's approach in "The Origins of Political Order", I have developed an interest in studying state capacity from an ethnographic approach. That is to say, an attempt to derive explanations for societal success and/or failure in terms of the interplay between institutions and innate—so to speak—human cultural tendencies. Still thinking about this, but perhaps will release a proto-essay soon.
Projects
- Neural Algorithmic Reasoning Index-Miscellaneous implementations of GNN architectures in MLX. Implemented in MLX and at times accompanied by commentary, the techniques/methods/papers implemented were curated by myself and, as such, suffer from the noble curse of at times seeming too dispersed, too scattered. An attempt was made to nonetheless keep them focused around the area of Neural Algorithmic Reasoning.
Selected Writings
- Recent Readings and Commentary-Tristes Tropiques, Kissinger. A collection of thoughts and reflections on various topics, ranging from technical implementations to broader philosophical considerations. Each piece represents an attempt to synthesize complex ideas into accessible commentary.