Empathy and Evals
Creator - A newsletter on building AI products that actually work for real people. Thinking out loud about evaluation, product thinking, and learning in public.
Hi, I'm Rishi. I help companies and individuals translate their ideas+imagination to tangible outcomes.
I live stories, build technology, write poetry and sing occasionally.
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Arduino For Kids
Author - Learning science + design + physical computing and prototyping with Arduinos through storytelling.
Disaster Reporting System
Creator - Floating cameras to collect data in flood affected areas.
Live Still Life Art
Architect + Engineer - Still life art, streamed to a screen near you. Project built in collaboration with Dutch artists.
Surge Send
Product + Marketing + Growth etc. - A new age file transfer product that makes secure file transfer comfortable and easy.
Kaavadia
Founder - Connecting generations through the age old art of story telling, powered by AI.
Buzz for POLY
Concept + Lead Engineer - What if a plant can tell you it is thirsty?
Thoughts
On ChatGPT, mistakes and humanity
A story about buying a monitor on Facebook Marketplace, a ChatGPT mistake, and what it reveals about humanity's relationship with AI and critical thinking.
On action, agency & delulu
On how taking action builds agency, giving things a fighting chance, and choosing to operate from a place of delulu belief in the magic of the universe.
On lunchboxes
A reflection on growing up with packed food for travel, the shift from shame to gratitude, and the wisdom of a mother's love through lunchboxes.
On magic carpets
A vivid dream of a yellow-red carpet, unexpected invitations to Egypt and Morocco, and finding the dream carpet in a Marrakech bazaar. On Makhtub and magic.
On Byes
On emotional bankruptcy, the absence of people we love, saying goodbye, and the spaces left behind by those who have departed from our lives.
On fighting chances
A visit to an animal rescue centre in Bangalore and a conversation with Dr Roopa about giving things a fighting chance and letting the universe handle the rest.
I Choose Which Tapes to Play
On the metaphor of magnetic tapes in our minds, how recorded memories dictate our experience of time, and the power to choose which tapes to play.