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About Me

Furry fandom AI security researcher, occasional existential crisis, caffeine & coke dependent, digital-nomad cyborg melancholia, here’s YardRat the wolf!

I guess these FAQs would help you figure out a profile of me~ :>

• Q1: Why did you start this site?

• A1: I don’t know, literally. Most of those blogger I know do this for either documenting or displaying, but neither of them suits me. Thus, I gotta admit that I just don’t actually know why I’ve started this site. :L

• Q2: What would you update on this site?

• A2: I don’t know, literally, again. I usually just update posts when I feel like doing so, such as, “oooooh I guess this topic would be fun, so I’d check with ChatGPT(or whatever LLM) and draft up a post about it, then upload it!” And since so, the current process has actually nothing to do with my research/major, but it would be possible later on(if I’ve really come up with something worthy). ;)

• Q3: What’s the real purpose behind this site, if you’re not sure why you started it and what to post?

• A3: Nothing. Literally, nothing.There’s no real purpose, just void, like my life purpose. But hey, isn’t that how life works? :|

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Research

It’s somewhat pitiful for me that I didn’t yet got myself any publication, but I did spend pretty time on my research, and I hope that I could bring you some interesting problems and solutions soon.

As for my research interest, I’m currently working in the subfield of LLM Safety & Security, focusing on SoadNLP ( security - oriented adversarial NLP, according to this paper). Later on I’m planning to apply for a PhD after graduation. I’m quite sure that it would be hard, but I’m really into my work, and before realization, I found myself gradually growing into a indeed researcher.

Some may argue that it would be a little bit too early for a undergrad year 1 student to propose and work on a real research project, but sometimes things just work themselvesout, and at least I can always think myself to be a qualified researcher, and despite my figuring things out still, the journey’s fun as well.

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Education

I spent my high school years at Tongren No. 1 High School of Guizhou, where I first built the foundation for my passion for scientific research.

During high school, I got involved in a biology experiment interest group and a Physics Olympiad seminar. These activities sparked my interest in science and technology, which eventually led me to choose research as my future career path. Interestingly, I also discovered a strong interest for language and literature, despite my focus on STEM. On top of that, high school was a time of psychological and social challenges for me indeed, but I received an overwhelming amount of support from those around me. Therefore, I’d like to take this moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to a few key people:

• Mr. Chen (co-first author of this paper) and Ms. Yang for their mentorship in the biology experiment interest group

• Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu for guiding me in the Physics Olympiad seminar

• Ms. Wang (my Chinese teacher) and Ms. Zhang (my English teacher) for nurturing my interest in language and literature.

• Ms. Yang (my class mentor and Chinese teacher) for providing unwavering support and encouragement throughout my senior year.

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Posts

Good news! I’ve finally drafted some of my posts! (And I’ll continue to upload more)

Note: The bilingual versions of this site may contain asynchronously updated posts!

• AI Security Researcher

  • What I’m doing and why I’m doing about research (Coming Soon)

• Occasional Existential Crisis

  • Haru to Sakura, as deer and rabbit

  • On which path was I led here (Coming Soon)

  • The Torrent of Symbols: Singles’ Day and the Altar of Consumerism

• Caffeine & Coke Dependent

  • Sadly I’ve been on coke-reduction diet(Coming Soon)

• digital-nomad Cyborg Melancholia

  • Becoming YardRat: A Journey Beyond Human Boundaries

  • OCD Production: Why and how did I construct this site?

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Links

The following links are by people I know, and should have already reciprocated my link (they had better …)

• XyX: too few philosophical minds, and too many yiffy minds

• yeelysia: hard to find a viable nickname in English

• night1918: To learn is to constantly uncover one’s own shortcomings.

• This Space Left Blank, As a Warning

Additional recommendations:

• Yanyan Jiang at NJU: I’ve read the letter, but I’m still considering a PhD degree though

• Askell at Anthropic: It is exactly the blog instead of the homepage that inspires me

• Li Lu at ZJU: My undergrad year 1 class advisor, really inspiring about my academic planning

Contact

Feel free to contact me via email: yardrat0117@gmail.com