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I’m Alex Towell, a researcher, tool maker, and author working across computer science, mathematics, and statistics. I build open-source software and create books, essays, and videos about AI, statistical inference, programming, quantum mechanics, privacy, and digital

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Mathematics, computer science, AI, and stories about minds, machines, and possible worlds. I publish audiobooks and illustrated video editions of my books, alongside carefully researched visual...

Alex Towell

@queelius

Jan 5

I just published Notes from the Transition medium.com/p/notes-from-t…

Alex Towell

@queelius

Jun 23, 2025

Reminder: Organized human civilization is fragile.

Alex Towell

@queelius

May 31, 2025

Every learning algorithm is just a prior. Generalization is Bayesian inference over the space of computable models. Everything else is an approximation.