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AI engineer & researcher in Mauritius
I'm Vince Erkadoo, based in Mauritius. I build and lead software products, and independently study language models and mechanistic interpretability. This page points to public work and its limits so people can check the sources directly.
Engineering
- Nourishubs — consulting CTO, leading engineering and architecture for a meals and nutrition platform.
- Trawl — local Mac search across files and media, with the benchmark source named in its case file.
- Bienzoli — point of sale, invoicing and stock software for Mauritian shops.
Also Senior Software Engineer at SD Worx, since 2024.
AI research
The public study is Blindsight in a Machine ↗, a preprint draft that has not been peer reviewed. It reports a specific intervention result in Qwen2.5-7B. The study does not establish awareness or consciousness.
The Living Base Models case file describes a separate draft and reports no evidence of experience.
Local AI search
Trawl is a local-first search application for Mac. Its case file includes the measured results and links to the product's benchmark page, so the figures can be checked in context.
Selected public evidence
- Engineering case files with project context, decisions, named sources, and only the results currently public.
- Blindsight study page ↗ with the preprint draft, downloadable trial data, and explicit claim limits. The initial protocol has a public OSF registration ↗; later amendments are documented on the study page.
- Essays and research writing on language models, philosophy of mind, and technology.
- CV (PDF) and profile and contact links.
Questions
- Who is Vince Erkadoo?
- An AI researcher and software engineer based in Mauritius. He works as consulting CTO at Nourishubs, Senior Software Engineer at SD Worx (2024–), and founder of Bienzoli.
- What AI research is publicly available?
- Blindsight in a Machine is a preprint draft, not peer reviewed. Its Qwen2.5-7B result concerns separating a model's graded detection report from a choice influenced by a planted concept; it is not evidence of awareness.
- What is local AI search?
- Trawl is a Mac application that searches local files and media on the device. The case file describes its design and the test measurements, with the benchmark source linked.
- How can I get in touch?
- Email Vince at vince@vincedotcode.com about engineering, applied AI, or research.
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