Hi, I’m Logan 👋

I build machine learning systems at Google. I’ve been training models and building with ML for 7 years. I write to help people understand AI systems and how they’re changing the world. I provide a perspective from the engineering side of AI that I use to cut through the misinformation often spread through the sensationalism the internet so deeply loves.

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Me, in my office, with a Spider-Man shirt on.

Society’s Backend is my newsletter and community where I share the information about AI you should know.

My writing includes:

  • A weekly article detailing the important AI discussions, development highlights, and job market updates from the past week. This is designed to give you a complete picture of the AI happenings from the past week.

  • A weekly reading list of AI-related articles and papers that are important to keep up with.

  • Topical standalone articles about things I think are important.

I’ve also written a streamlined road map to learn ML fundamentals for free and chat with subscribers in the Substack App Chat.

My writing has been particularly helpful for:

  • Software engineers wanting to better understand and work with AI.

  • Continued education for those already working in the machine learning space.

  • AI enthusiasts wanting the engineering perspective of AI developments.

  • Anyone trying to understand AI and the impact it’ll have on their life.

If you fit any of these categories, subscribe to join us! If you’re unsure, check out these articles I’ve written:

and many other topics.


Society’s Backend is made possible by the support of nearly 50 paying subscribers. As a thanks, paid subscribers get extra of all of the above (community chats, the complete reading list, and occasional extra topical articles). If you’ve found Society’s Backend to be useful, consider subscribing to support the community. Thanks to all paid subscribers! 😊


If you want even more ML and software engineering content, follow me on YouTube, X, and LinkedIn.

Always be (machine) learning,

Logan

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Machine learning software engineer at Google, optimist, and father of 5. I help you understand the AI systems reshaping the world and organize resources to make learning ML easier.