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# Understanding machine intelligence.

Look inside the black box.

I'm Eris. I research language models, build software, and take photographs. Exploring how intelligence works — and where it takes us.

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## I'm researching the systems that are changing the world, and building things to understand them.

01Look inside the model−

I research large language models, with a focus on mechanistic interpretability and activation steering. Currently doing AI safety research as part of SPAR Spring 2026.
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02Change behavior. Preserve the weights.+

Instruct Vectors shows that a trained vector can make a base model behave like an instruction-tuned model, using very little data and no modification of its weights.
[Read Instruct Vectors↗](/research/instruct-vectors)

03Build things to find out+

Software, experiments, and interactive tools. From language model interfaces to visualizations, small utilities, and projects that follow a question somewhere interesting.
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04Keep looking beyond the screen+

Photography, writing, reading, and games. A record of things I notice, things I make, and things I think are worth spending time with.
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Research / software / writing

## Recent work.

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01
[ErisSky↗](https://erissky.eriskii.net)

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project2026-09-03

02
[Telephone↗](/projects/telephone)
project2026-07-30

03
[LinuxMagicForce↗](https://github.com/Eriskii/LinuxMagicForce)

project2026-06-11

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[Atreeshake↗](/projects/atreeshake)
project2026-04-21

05
[The Many Faces of Claude↗](/projects/claude-faces)
project2026-04-13

06
[Flower Test↗](/projects/flower-test)
project2026-04-10

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[dollcode↗](/projects/dollcode)
project2026-01-25

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[Instruct Vectors↗](/research/instruct-vectors)
research2026-01-02

Selected research / Instruct Vectors

## A base model can behave like an instruction-tuned model. No weight changes. Very little data. Just a learned vector.

[Read the research ↗](/research/instruct-vectors)

A human, for now.

## I'm Eris. A researcher, software developer, and photographer, trying to understand a world that refuses to stand still.

[Get in touch ↗](mailto:publicmail@isolyth.dev)
Studying computer science and psychology. Working on AI safety through SPAR. Between projects: books, games, and a camera.

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