Keith Lawson
@9600baud.net
CISO @lhsc.on.ca | D.Eng Student exploring the Alberta Plan & Reinforcement Learning | Linux grey beard (Debian π) | Building resilient healthcare infrastructure through SRE & AI. π blog.9600baud.net
Top π΅ This week:
Bless Yourself β Jack White (x3)
Demon Cleaner β Kyuss (x3)
Dive Into The Ocean (Prod. By Alok) β Alok (x3)
π The Final Cut β Pink Floyd
#NowPlaying #Music
Bless Yourself β Jack White (x3)
Demon Cleaner β Kyuss (x3)
Dive Into The Ocean (Prod. By Alok) β Alok (x3)
π The Final Cut β Pink Floyd
#NowPlaying #Music
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Top π΅ This week:
Bless Yourself β Jack White (x3)
Demon Cleaner β Kyuss (x3)
Dive Into The Ocean (Prod. By Alok) β Alok (x3)
π The Final Cut β Pink Floyd
#NowPlaying #Music
Bless Yourself β Jack White (x3)
Demon Cleaner β Kyuss (x3)
Dive Into The Ocean (Prod. By Alok) β Alok (x3)
π The Final Cut β Pink Floyd
#NowPlaying #Music
I started my Doctor of Engineering this month. Here's a posting on my path and how I got here. It certainly wasn't a straight path.
#ReinforcementLearning #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AI
blog.9600baud.net/doctoral_pat...
#ReinforcementLearning #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AI
blog.9600baud.net/doctoral_pat...
My Path to a Doctor of Engineering at 50
Thirty Years Later: My Non-Traditional Path to a Doctor of Engineering in AI Research is rarely a straight line. For me, the path began thirty years ago when I first graduated with a Computer Science ...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I started my Doctor of Engineering this month. Here's a posting on my path and how I got here. It certainly wasn't a straight path.
#ReinforcementLearning #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AI
blog.9600baud.net/doctoral_pat...
#ReinforcementLearning #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AI
blog.9600baud.net/doctoral_pat...
Seriously? Captchas are getting a bit ridiculous. Have we moved to where it's easier for computers to solve them than it is for humans defeating their entire purpose?
January 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Seriously? Captchas are getting a bit ridiculous. Have we moved to where it's easier for computers to solve them than it is for humans defeating their entire purpose?
Just published the first release of the Alberta Framework on PyPI.
Itβs a JAX-based toolkit designed for the "Alberta Plan" for AI research. Right now I'm focusing on Step 1: Meta-learned step-sizes.
pip install alberta-framework
#AI #RL #reinforcementlearning #albertaplan
Itβs a JAX-based toolkit designed for the "Alberta Plan" for AI research. Right now I'm focusing on Step 1: Meta-learned step-sizes.
pip install alberta-framework
#AI #RL #reinforcementlearning #albertaplan
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Just published the first release of the Alberta Framework on PyPI.
Itβs a JAX-based toolkit designed for the "Alberta Plan" for AI research. Right now I'm focusing on Step 1: Meta-learned step-sizes.
pip install alberta-framework
#AI #RL #reinforcementlearning #albertaplan
Itβs a JAX-based toolkit designed for the "Alberta Plan" for AI research. Right now I'm focusing on Step 1: Meta-learned step-sizes.
pip install alberta-framework
#AI #RL #reinforcementlearning #albertaplan
Top π΅ This week:
Keep Out Of The Storm β The Sheepdogs (x4)
No More Love β God Lives Underwater (x4)
Band On The Run - 2010 Remaster β Paul McCartney (x4)
π Wood and Wire β Greigg Fraser
π 2025 - Winter
#NowPlaying #Music
Keep Out Of The Storm β The Sheepdogs (x4)
No More Love β God Lives Underwater (x4)
Band On The Run - 2010 Remaster β Paul McCartney (x4)
π Wood and Wire β Greigg Fraser
π 2025 - Winter
#NowPlaying #Music
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
As I begin my D.Eng research I'm starting with the foundations and working through the Alberta Plan steps one-by-one starting with meta-learning and online normalization.
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
As I begin my D.Eng research I'm starting with the foundations and working through the Alberta Plan steps one-by-one starting with meta-learning and online normalization.
I published a new technical post on my blog documenting a replication of Richard Suttonβs 1992 IDBD (Incremental Delta-Bar-Delta) algorithm.
#AI #RL #AlbertaPlan
Full implementation details and analysis here:
blog.9600baud.net/sutton92.html
#AI #RL #AlbertaPlan
Full implementation details and analysis here:
blog.9600baud.net/sutton92.html
Replicating Sutton 1992
Replicating the Foundations: Sutton 1992 and the Alberta Plan As I officially begin my D.Eng, I've been eager to start producing something. My method of learning has always been to understand things
blog.9600baud.net
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I published a new technical post on my blog documenting a replication of Richard Suttonβs 1992 IDBD (Incremental Delta-Bar-Delta) algorithm.
#AI #RL #AlbertaPlan
Full implementation details and analysis here:
blog.9600baud.net/sutton92.html
#AI #RL #AlbertaPlan
Full implementation details and analysis here:
blog.9600baud.net/sutton92.html
This is a great cover of It's a Sin and the video is classic. All the nostalgia of #win95 π
#music #ghost #petshopboys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMV...
#music #ghost #petshopboys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMV...
Ghost - It's A Sin (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ghost
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January 25, 2026 at 10:43 AM
This is a great cover of It's a Sin and the video is classic. All the nostalgia of #win95 π
#music #ghost #petshopboys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMV...
#music #ghost #petshopboys
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMV...
Google also recently estimated that the median Gemini LLM app query produces a surprisingly low 0.03 grams of CO2 emissions), and uses less energy than watching 9 seconds of television.
#ai #environment
#ai #environment
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Google also recently estimated that the median Gemini LLM app query produces a surprisingly low 0.03 grams of CO2 emissions), and uses less energy than watching 9 seconds of television.
#ai #environment
#ai #environment
" For example, many enterprise on-prem compute facilities use whatever power is available on the grid, which might include a mix of older, dirtier energy sources. Hyperscalers use far more renewable energy."
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
" For example, many enterprise on-prem compute facilities use whatever power is available on the grid, which might include a mix of older, dirtier energy sources. Hyperscalers use far more renewable energy."
In the latest issue of "The Batch" Andrew Ng presents a good evidence-backed argument that consolidating data centres is better for the environment than our current practice of many companies hosting their own infrastructure.
info.deeplearning.ai/governments-...
info.deeplearning.ai/governments-...
Governments vs. Grok, Meta Buys Agent Tech, Healthcare Chatbots, Limits of AI-Powered Retrieval
info.deeplearning.ai
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
In the latest issue of "The Batch" Andrew Ng presents a good evidence-backed argument that consolidating data centres is better for the environment than our current practice of many companies hosting their own infrastructure.
info.deeplearning.ai/governments-...
info.deeplearning.ai/governments-...
Prompt injection attacks are the new SQL injection attacks. Just on steroids.
The more things change the more they stay the same. What hasnβt changed is the golden rule of never trusting un-sanitized input from anything.
#AI #cybersecurity
www.darkreading.com/cloud-securi...
The more things change the more they stay the same. What hasnβt changed is the golden rule of never trusting un-sanitized input from anything.
#AI #cybersecurity
www.darkreading.com/cloud-securi...
Google Gemini Flaw Turns Calendar Invites Into Attack Vector
The indirect prompt injection vulnerability allows an attacker to weaponize Google invites to circumvent privacy controls and access private data.
www.darkreading.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Prompt injection attacks are the new SQL injection attacks. Just on steroids.
The more things change the more they stay the same. What hasnβt changed is the golden rule of never trusting un-sanitized input from anything.
#AI #cybersecurity
www.darkreading.com/cloud-securi...
The more things change the more they stay the same. What hasnβt changed is the golden rule of never trusting un-sanitized input from anything.
#AI #cybersecurity
www.darkreading.com/cloud-securi...
Top π΅ This week:
Alone β Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals (x4)
Confrontation β Colm Wilkinson (x3)
Come To Me (Fantine's Death) β Colm Wilkinson (x3)
π Les MisΓ©rables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) β Colm Wilkinson
π 2025 - Winter
#NowPlaying #Music
Alone β Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals (x4)
Confrontation β Colm Wilkinson (x3)
Come To Me (Fantine's Death) β Colm Wilkinson (x3)
π Les MisΓ©rables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) β Colm Wilkinson
π 2025 - Winter
#NowPlaying #Music
January 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The goal: Healthcare applications of RL in alignment with the Alberta Plan.
Extremely excited to start this journey!
#RL #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AIresearch
Extremely excited to start this journey!
#RL #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AIresearch
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The goal: Healthcare applications of RL in alignment with the Alberta Plan.
Extremely excited to start this journey!
#RL #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AIresearch
Extremely excited to start this journey!
#RL #AlbertaPlan #DEng #AIresearch
Happy to share the next step in my academic journey: Iβve officially begun my Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng) at @umich.edu Dearborn campus.
My research focuses on #ReinforcementLearning guided by the Alberta Plan for AI Research. (1/2).
My research focuses on #ReinforcementLearning guided by the Alberta Plan for AI Research. (1/2).
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Happy to share the next step in my academic journey: Iβve officially begun my Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng) at @umich.edu Dearborn campus.
My research focuses on #ReinforcementLearning guided by the Alberta Plan for AI Research. (1/2).
My research focuses on #ReinforcementLearning guided by the Alberta Plan for AI Research. (1/2).
The result? Direct-to-provider production orders that bypass sovereign gatekeeping.
Unless you own the keys (BYOK) or use purely Canadian-owned infra, you aren't protected.
#DataSovereignty #infosec #Cybersecurity
Great deep dive by @citizenlab.ca on this erosion: citizenlab.ca/research/can...
Unless you own the keys (BYOK) or use purely Canadian-owned infra, you aren't protected.
#DataSovereignty #infosec #Cybersecurity
Great deep dive by @citizenlab.ca on this erosion: citizenlab.ca/research/can...
Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Surveillance Negotiations Raise Constitutional and Human Rights Whirlwind under U.S. CLOUD Act - The Citizen Lab
Legal researchers Cynthia Khoo and Kate Robertson warn that a Canada-U.S. CLOUD agreement would extend the reach of U.S. law enforcement into Canadaβs digital terrain to an unprecedented extent, and t...
citizenlab.ca
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The result? Direct-to-provider production orders that bypass sovereign gatekeeping.
Unless you own the keys (BYOK) or use purely Canadian-owned infra, you aren't protected.
#DataSovereignty #infosec #Cybersecurity
Great deep dive by @citizenlab.ca on this erosion: citizenlab.ca/research/can...
Unless you own the keys (BYOK) or use purely Canadian-owned infra, you aren't protected.
#DataSovereignty #infosec #Cybersecurity
Great deep dive by @citizenlab.ca on this erosion: citizenlab.ca/research/can...
That law established that jurisdiction follows the corporation, not the dirt. If your provider is US-owned, the US government has legal reach into those "Canadian" servers, bypassing the transparent MLAT process.
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
That law established that jurisdiction follows the corporation, not the dirt. If your provider is US-owned, the US government has legal reach into those "Canadian" servers, bypassing the transparent MLAT process.
The "Data Residency" myth in Canada is officially dead. π¨π¦
For years, weβve been told "servers in Toronto" means "protected by Canadian law." But residency is just a postal code; sovereignty is a technical status.
For years, weβve been told "servers in Toronto" means "protected by Canadian law." But residency is just a postal code; sovereignty is a technical status.
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The "Data Residency" myth in Canada is officially dead. π¨π¦
For years, weβve been told "servers in Toronto" means "protected by Canadian law." But residency is just a postal code; sovereignty is a technical status.
For years, weβve been told "servers in Toronto" means "protected by Canadian law." But residency is just a postal code; sovereignty is a technical status.
Reposted by Keith Lawson
What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they have to guess your age or take your ID for AV? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
So, Youβve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, whatβs at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
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January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they have to guess your age or take your ID for AV? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
It's that time of year again! The annual @eff.org Breachies are out:
#privacy #cybersecurity
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
#privacy #cybersecurity
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year
Another year has come and gone, and with it, thousands of data breaches that affect millions of people. The question these days is less, Is my information in a data breach this year? and more How many...
www.eff.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
It's that time of year again! The annual @eff.org Breachies are out:
#privacy #cybersecurity
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
#privacy #cybersecurity
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
I'm really curious to know whether clinicians would see this as a welcome addition to the patient experience or a hinderance.
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing ChatGPT Health
A dedicated experience in ChatGPT designed for health and wellness.
openai.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I'm really curious to know whether clinicians would see this as a welcome addition to the patient experience or a hinderance.
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
From the article: "Today, health information is often scattered across portals, apps, wearables, PDFs, and medical notesβso it's hard to see the full picture, and people are left to navigate a complex healthcare system on their own. "
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
From the article: "Today, health information is often scattered across portals, apps, wearables, PDFs, and medical notesβso it's hard to see the full picture, and people are left to navigate a complex healthcare system on their own. "
It appears as if they've put appropriate controls in to protect the sensitivity of the patient data being sent to this isolated environment. Note that we are not using this at LHSC and it has not been assessed for use in Canadian healthcare to my knowledge. Just posting as a discussion point.
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
It appears as if they've put appropriate controls in to protect the sensitivity of the patient data being sent to this isolated environment. Note that we are not using this at LHSC and it has not been assessed for use in Canadian healthcare to my knowledge. Just posting as a discussion point.
ChatGPT has released a chatbot specifically designed for health advice with the ability to connect patient medical records, as well as apps like Apple Health and MyFitnessPal.
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
ChatGPT has released a chatbot specifically designed for health advice with the ability to connect patient medical records, as well as apps like Apple Health and MyFitnessPal.