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title: Things I Learned - 24 Mar 2024
date: 2024-03-24T00:00:00+00:00
categories:
  - til
description: I explored expanding mental models through inversion techniques like pre-mortems and red teaming. I also discovered Planka for project management, the Instructor library for structured JSON, and how real-time control vectors influence model responses.
keywords: [mental models, inversion, oidc, planka, instructor library, control vectors, pre-mortem]
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This week, I learned:

- Ways to expand mental models
  - DISCOVER mental models. Review beliefs diary.
  - DIVERSIFY. Find INFLUENTIAL (not dull) people with different backgrounds.
  - Experiment! New environment, approach, perspective
  - Be open. Change your mind.
  - APPLY. Practice regularly
- Ways to use inversion
  - "Pre-mortem" is an analysis at the _beginning_ of how a project failed. Then avoid that
  - "Red team" or "Black hat" are designated to contradict.
- Having a PoV IS a hypothesis. Always having a PoV allows us to detect anomalies and learn.
- [Control vectors in real-time](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/axsaucedo_ml-machinelearning-artificialintelligence-activity-7167058175127465985-EMy4/) lets you control response in real-time
- [OIDC](https://docs.planka.cloud/docs/Configuration/OIDC) is Open ID Connect. It's like OAuth2 but more. Azure and Google support it.
- [Planka](https://docs.planka.cloud/) is an open-source Trello
- There is a <https://myapplications.microsoft.com/> that serves as a starting point. Might be helpful
- [Instructor](https://pypi.org/project/instructor/) lets you create structured JSON output.