Gal Lahat / Writing & experiments
Technical Blog.
Research, experiments, and the ideas behind them.
Explained through code and motion.
Publications
Computer vision / Visual essay
Semantic
Pareidolia
Direct Image Optimization
A frozen neural network. A trainable image. Follow the pixels, embeddings, and gradients behind an image learning a new meaning.
Read the visual essayOriginal
“Space”
Same image. A different meaning.Original → optimized
Recommendation systems / Visual essay
YouTube
Algorithm
Reverse Engineering the Recommender
Explore candidate retrieval, ranking objectives, content encoders, expert mixtures, and stochastic exploration in video recommendations.
Read the visual essayThe catalog
Your feed
From the catalog to ranked recommendations.Retrieval → ranking
Continual learning / Visual essay
Dream-Based
Learning
Synthetic Dreaming & Memory Consolidation
Can a model learn from the conversations it has? Explore a prototype that turns past experience into possible future dialogues, then uses them as training data.
Read the visual essayIn the contextTemporary conversation
In the weightsConsolidated learning
What remains after the context is cleared?Context / parameters