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yuwen lu
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creative ai research @contralabs_ai / cs phd @notredame / prev krea, midjourney, apple, google
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    Apr 6
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    Signs of vibe coded UI
    Read time: 8 minutes Claude no longer generates purple gradients, I’m so glad we are past that. AI’s design quality has been improving in general, but I still see plenty of bad patterns in vibe-coded...
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    Aug 30, 2024
    celebrating rejections. didn’t get the google phd fellowship! but i promise you, my research is onto something really interesting, regardless
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    Sep 1, 2025
    didnt pass the interview btw
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    Aug 31, 2025
    designing some for my blog
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    Nov 21, 2024
    im in my mid 20s, i am a cs phd student in human-ai interaction, i want to build tech startups, i want to be a cook, i want to be an artist, somebody help
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    May 29, 2024
    pov: hci phd student, summer intern in seattle
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    Nov 4, 2024
    oh wow, my first (and only, oops) paper got a best paper award at #cscw2024??!!? congrats to the team @zhangchaodesign @yuewenyyy! Best mentors @yaxingyao @TobyJLi! now i need to make some good slides for next week's presentation... see you all in costa rica!
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    Nov 6, 2025
    heyyy so i joined @krea_ai last week and helped ship this :)
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    Nov 6, 2025
    introducing Krea Nodes. our most powerful tool to date; all Krea in one interface. comment to get early access 👇
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    Oct 24, 2024
    i want to drop all of my current PhD projects and work on mech interp and its applications in hci
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    Feb 1, 2024
    Ahh, a summer in Seattle, another project on AI/UX? Of course 🤯
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    Oct 2, 2024
    oh hey! my paper was featured on @Apple ML research website! take a look! more to come! machinelearning.apple.com/research/inter…
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    Apr 19, 2024
    our dis paper was rejected. my team really think it’s a good paper. we learned a lot working on it and got findings (we think) few have discussed. we are satisfied with it. i’ve shifted my goal from publishing paper to finishing high-quality paper that i’m personally proud of
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    Mar 1, 2025
    I'll be joining @midjourney as a visiting researcher this summer with @maxkreminski! time to build 💫📷🚀 below: my favorite creation with midjourney so far :)
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    Jul 8, 2024
    IN THE WORKS: HCI PHD THESIS
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    Nov 12, 2025
    it works on your phone by the way. workflow created by rory flynn on krea.ai/nodes
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    Nick St. Pierre
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    Nov 11, 2025
    this is what giving up looks like
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