Hi — I'm Brydon. Thanks for stopping by.
tl;dr
- Previously, I was on the founding team at Thinking Machines.
- Before that, I was a researcher at OpenAI.
- And before that, I did a PhD in applied math (focusing on mathematical oncology) at the University of Waterloo, a math bio M.Sc. at McMaster University, and an undergrad in Math and CS at Redeemer University.
These days I draw more on CS than applied math, though I still think the parallels between math bio and modern ML are pretty interesting and kind of overlooked. I'm working on post-training research — RL, human and synthetic data, and self-improving systems. I'm especially interested in how to actually keep humans in the loop.
I like the midwife metaphor for the work we do; this era of computing is coming whether we want it to or not, so the best thing to do is make sure it goes well and that we stick the landing.
This site has my info about me, my research, some of my teaching stuff, and whatever I'm working on now. Please reach out if you want to chat about anything.