Declan McKenna

Moving to San Francisco for the Sentient Futures Residency

I spent three months this year on the Sentient Futures Residency in San Francisco working on AIxAnimal projects

Oct 26 • Declan McKenna

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June 2026

Fit Testing AI Redteaming

This was a pretty quick 2 day fit-test but worth sharing as other people may want to try it.

Jun 24 • Declan McKenna

April 2026

Fit Testing AI Benchmarking

In February I got in touch with CaML as part of the AIxAnimals incubator, run by Sentient Futures.

Apr 2 • Declan McKenna

March 2026

Three Weeks at the EA Hotel, Blackpool

In January I spent three weeks at the EA Hotel in Blackpool.

Mar 26 • Declan McKenna

Fit-testing Technical Animal Welfare Careers

I skipped my bi-monthly update for December and January, so this is me catching up.

Mar 19 • Declan McKenna

January 2026

Annual Review – 2025

What went well

Jan 12 • Declan McKenna

November 2025

Fellowships & Python Tests

This Autumn has been a bit of a mix of continuing with Arena, being sick, and applying for half a dozen fellowships and courses.

Nov 25, 2025 • Declan McKenna

September 2025

Deriving forward pass recursive formulae

For an exponential moving average (EMA), we have the following formula to use in our torch.forward() method.

Sep 15, 2025 • Declan McKenna

August 2025

ARBOx & ARENA

For July & August my focus has been up-skilling for AISafety.

Aug 31, 2025 • Declan McKenna

July 2025

Deciding what projects to take on

Unless you have something specific in mind planning a career switch can be daunting.

Jul 28, 2025 • Declan McKenna

Changing Career – Preparation

I recently left my job with the intention to change career at the ripe age of 36.

Jul 23, 2025 • Declan McKenna