rome thorstenson/writing

Writing

A loose archive of essays, sketches, and working papers — written mostly to figure out what I think.

AuthorRome Thorstenson
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An empty writing desk covered in manuscripts, lit by a single hanging lamp — Obra Dinn 1-bit dithered.
2026Jun 10

Everyone Who Can Appreciate a Symphony

On becoming a judge in the age of AI — and why that might be, in some domains, the same thing as becoming a creator.

ai philosophy creativity epistemology
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AI Scientists Are Here
2026 Mar 06

AI Scientists Are Here

Claude Code + Tmux + Modal ran nine hours of autonomous ML research. The results are real.

ai research agents
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  1. 02 2026Jun 28

    Absolute Light: From Ratios to Nits

    Why HDR so often looks wrong — and what the file is really telling your screen. Relative vs. absolute light, the PQ transfer function, and the Rec.2020 gamut, with drag-to-compare HDR demos.

    imaging hdr display signal-encoding
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  2. 01 2026Jun 04

    Tracing Thought in Language Models

    Mechanistic interpretability tools that reveal how Claude's internal circuits execute reasoning, plan outputs, and implement safety mechanisms.

    writeup interpretability mech-interp SAEs attribution-graphs
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  3. 00 2025Feb 15

    The Ecstasy of the Proof

    On comprehending a mathematical proof as an ecstatic experience — a transfiguration from ambivalence and skepticism to conviction.

    philosophy mathematics phenomenology
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