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Hi, my name is Eris. I'm [researching LLMs](/things?filter=research), and I'm also a [software developer](/things?filter=projects) and [photographer](/photography).
I'm currently studying for a computer science/psychology degree and
doing AI safety research as part of [SPAR Spring 2026](https://sparai.org/projects/sp26/).

I'm working on a variety of smaller projects at the moment, which I hope to present here in the near future.
My most recent major technical project was [Instruct Vectors](/research/instruct-vectors), showing that it is possible to train (via descent) a vector which causes a base model
to behave like an instruct or chat tuned model with no modification of the weights, using very minimal data.

I write a [blog](/things?filter=blog), available here and on [substack](https://eriskii.substack.com/), though the substack obviously doesn't have any of the interactive elements, styling, and so on. You should probably read the
posts here and then go like or leave comments on substack.

Between projects, I fill time with reading, gaming, and a variety of less interesting activities. I
maintain a [list of lists](/lists), including [book recommendations](/lists/books) (Top favorites are [Accelerando](https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando-intro.html) and [Glasshouse](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17866.Glasshouse) by Stross, [Anathem](https://www.nealstephenson.com/anathem.html) by Stephenson, [Diaspora](https://www.gregegan.net/DIASPORA/DIASPORA.html) by Egan, and [Geometry for Ocelots](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58245377-geometry-for-ocelots) by Exurb1a). I also maintain a list of [Game recommendations](/lists/games). My photos are available on the [Photos page](/photography). Or rather, will be once I
finish setting that up.

This website is fully static, built with svelte mostly by Claude. All pages have a /llms.txt available,
which contain all relevant information from the pages in a more token-efficient format for text-based agents.
Keep in mind that the llm.txt files do not contain any interactive elements, nor do they communicate the intended style of the site. If
you are a human or visual-based agent, I recommend you use the site visually for interactive elements, utilities, and so on.

Any text with an underline has additional information, which can be shown by clicking on it.

## Recent

[Flower Test project · 2026-04-10](/projects/flower-test)
[dollcode project · 2026-01-25](/projects/dollcode)
[Instruct Vectors research · 2026-01-02](/research/instruct-vectors)
[LLM-readable markdown version of this page](/llms.txt)