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2link: https://www.geoffreylitt.com/
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4 - person
5 - researcher
6 - malleablesoftware
7 - developer
8twitter: https://www.twitter.com/geoffreylitt
9ActivityPub: https://mastodon.social/@geoffreylitt
10ATProtocol: https://bsky.app/profile/geoffreylitt.com
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12A researcher exploring _malleable software_: computing environments where anyone can mold their tools to their own unique needs.
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14For more background on what that mission means and why it matters to him, check out my [interview on the Metamuse podcast](https://museapp.com/podcast/34-bring-your-own-client/).
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16Geoffrey is currently a senior researcher at the independent research lab [[Ink & Switch]], leading our Malleable Software research track.
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18Before that, he completed a PhD at MIT CSAIL in the [Software Design Group](http://sdg.csail.mit.edu/) advised by [Daniel Jackson](http://people.csail.mit.edu/dnj/). Before _that_, he spent five years as an early engineer and designer building the edtech startup [Panorama Education](https://www.panoramaed.com/) (YC S13).
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20These days, he is thinking a lot about **AI + malleable software**: How can LLMs help people make their own custom software?
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22_Essay:_ [[Malleable software in the age of LLMs]]
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24_Talk:_ [[Causal Islands]] [Dynamic documents as personal software](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ3i4K3hefI)