~/arcade // ml mini-games
Arcade.
Machine learning, played instead of read. Every game opens with a short interactive walkthrough (skip it if you know the trick), and every game is real: the algorithms run live in your browser.
Pick a cabinet.
- 01 · Classicwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
Gradient Descent Golf.
Pick a club, set the power, roll down the loss landscape.
gradient descent · learning rate · momentum · Adam
insert coin - 02 · Classicwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
K-Means Cluster Rush.
Place the centroids yourself, then race Lloyd's algorithm.
unsupervised clustering · inertia · local optima · k-means++
insert coin - 03 · Classicwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
KNN: Classify the Skill.
My real skill map is the training set. Be the classifier.
k-nearest neighbours · k · distance weighting · decision regions
insert coin - 04 · Classicwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
Perceptron Duel.
Draw the decision boundary, then watch the perceptron learn its own.
linear classifiers · w·x + b · the update rule · XOR
insert coin - 05 · Advancedwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
Token Prediction.
Steer an LLM's next word with logits, temperature, top-k and top-p.
tokens · logits · softmax · sampling
insert coin - 06 · Advancedwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
Transformer Debugger.
A tiny transformer is training badly. Read the telemetry, find the bug.
attention · masking · normalization · gradients
insert coin - 07 · Advancedwalkthrough done: nocleared: nomastered: no
Mechanistic Interpretability.
Open a miniature transformer and find the circuit behind its answer.
attention heads · residual stream · ablation · circuits
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Trophy room.
Points come from everywhere on the site, not just the games: pages, the terminal, the soundtrack, settings, secrets. Climb from Bronze to Master; earn something in every category to become an All-Rounder.
your rank
Unranked
0 / 2690 pts · 0 / 54 achievements
27 pts to Bronze
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- Diamond
- Master
- All-Rounder
categories
- Explore0/13
// read the whole model card
- Terminal0/5
// talk to the runtime
- Audio0/3
// the soundtrack
- Customise0/6
// settings & keybinds
- Arcade0/22
// ML mini-games
- Secrets0/5
// hidden until found
Explore.
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Hello, humanBronze · 10
Load the runtime.
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Page walkerBronze · 10
Visit 3 different pages.
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CartographerGold · 50
Visit every main page, the Arcade included.
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Deep diveBronze · 10
Open a project's own page.
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ZookeeperSilver · 25
Open 5 different project pages.
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Training logSilver · 25
Read the Work page to the very end.
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Embedding explorerSilver · 25
Light up a cluster with an attention head on the Skills map.
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Citation crawlerSilver · 25
Trace a paper in the Research citation graph.
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PhotographerBronze · 10
Open a photo in the Gallery.
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CuratorGold · 50
View every photo in the Gallery.
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Résumé fetchedSilver · 25
Open the résumé.
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Say helloGold · 50
Reach out: an email link, a social link or copying the address.
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Kernel panicSilver · 25
Witness the crash.
Terminal.
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Shell accessBronze · 10
Open the terminal.
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Screenshot-worthyBronze · 10
Run neofetch.
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Prompt engineerSilver · 25
Ask the terminal a question.
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sudo make me an offerGold · 50
Try the one command everyone tries.
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Power userPlatinum · 100
Run 10 different commands.
Audio.
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DJBronze · 10
Play the soundtrack.
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Genre hopperSilver · 25
Listen to all four music sources.
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Sound engineerSilver · 25
Mix it yourself: set both the music and effects volume.
Customise.
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TinkererBronze · 10
Change any setting.
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RTFMBronze · 10
Open the keybind sheet (press ?).
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Command line heroBronze · 10
Open the command menu.
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Speed dialSilver · 25
Jump pages with a G chord.
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Keyboard warriorSilver · 25
Use 5 different keybinds.
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JailbreakPlatinum · 100
Enter a certain famous code.
Arcade.
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Read the greenBronze · 10
Gradient Descent Golf: finish the walkthrough.
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ConvergedGold · 50
Gradient Descent Golf: sink every hole.
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Under parPlatinum · 100
Gradient Descent Golf: finish every hole at or under par.
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Lloyd's apprenticeBronze · 10
K-Means Cluster Rush: finish the walkthrough.
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Inertia killerGold · 50
K-Means Cluster Rush: clear every level.
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Beat the algorithmPlatinum · 100
K-Means Cluster Rush: beat lloyd's algorithm on every level.
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NeighbourlyBronze · 10
KNN: Classify the Skill: finish the walkthrough.
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Nearest neighbourGold · 50
KNN: Classify the Skill: classify 10 skills correctly.
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Perfect recallPlatinum · 100
KNN: Classify the Skill: a streak of 10 in a row.
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Linear thinkerBronze · 10
Perceptron Duel: finish the walkthrough.
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SeparatedGold · 50
Perceptron Duel: clear every separable level.
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XOR enlightenmentPlatinum · 100
Perceptron Duel: recognise a problem no line can solve.
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TokenizerBronze · 10
Token Prediction: finish the walkthrough.
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SamplerGold · 50
Token Prediction: clear every challenge.
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Temperature controlDiamond · 200
Token Prediction: clear every challenge first try.
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Hello, gradientsBronze · 10
Transformer Debugger: finish the walkthrough.
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Bug squasherGold · 50
Transformer Debugger: fix every broken model.
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Root causeDiamond · 200
Transformer Debugger: fix every model with no wrong diagnosis.
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Open the boxBronze · 10
Mechanistic Interpretability: finish the walkthrough.
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Circuit foundGold · 50
Mechanistic Interpretability: identify every circuit.
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MechanicDiamond · 200
Mechanistic Interpretability: find every circuit with minimal ablations.
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Full-stack MLDiamond · 200
Clear all seven Arcade games.
Secrets.
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Secret achievementBronze · 10
Keep exploring. It reveals itself when you earn it.
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Secret achievementBronze · 10
Keep exploring. It reveals itself when you earn it.
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Secret achievementSilver · 25
Keep exploring. It reveals itself when you earn it.
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Secret achievementGold · 50
Keep exploring. It reveals itself when you earn it.
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Secret achievementDiamond · 200
Keep exploring. It reveals itself when you earn it.
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