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Thomas Cherickal

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  • Professional Writer and Technology Ghostwriter, Freelance
As seen in: Illumination, Medium, HackerNoon, DEV Community
Covers:  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Generative AI, SLMs, LLMs, AI Agents, Python, Rust, Google Cloud Platform, TDD, 100% Code Coverage.
Doesn't Cover: Film, Fashion, Hollywood, Fitness, Yoga, New Age, Alternative Spirituality.

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Thomas Cherickal’s Biography

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The | Generative AI | Agents | Assistants | SLMs | LLMs | Python | Rust | AI Engineer | ML Engineer | TDD | 100% Code Coverage Playbook.

  1. Medium
  2. Substack.
  3. LinkedIn
  4. HashNode
  5. Patreon

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Thomas Cherickal’s Journalist Portfolio

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How Blockchain and Smart Contracts Revolutionize Content Monetization for Intellectual Property |...

How Blockchain and Smart Contracts Revolutionize Content Monetization for Intellectual Property |...

Blockchain-based systems, microtransactions, and smart contracts revolutionize content curation and creation …

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The IISc Memristor: The Dawn of a New Era in Computing and AI Accelerators | HackerNoon

The IISc Memristor: The Dawn of a New Era in Computing and AI Accelerators | HackerNoon

Revolutionary IISc memristor prototype may reshape computing, enabling faster AI processing with 16,500 state…

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The Synergy of AI and Blockchain: How DeepBrain Chain Globally Democratizes GPU AI Infrastructure...

The Synergy of AI and Blockchain: How DeepBrain Chain Globally Democratizes GPU AI Infrastructure...

DeepBrain Chain is a company that has revolutionized access to GPUs for AI engineers. They cut costs by 70% b…

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How to Run Your Own Local LLM: Updated for 2024 - Version 2 | HackerNoon

How to Run Your Own Local LLM: Updated for 2024 - Version 2 | HackerNoon

An expansion on an article that's doing really well - Not 7 but 15 open source tools in total to run local LL…

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The Transformer Algorithm with the Lowest Optimal Time Complexity Possible | HackerNoon

The Transformer Algorithm with the Lowest Optimal Time Complexity Possible | HackerNoon

Do you know the recent advances in the Transformer algorithm variations? And who the clear winner is? Read th…

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How to Achieve 1000x LLM Speed for Efficient and Cost-Effective Training, Testing, and Deployment...

How to Achieve 1000x LLM Speed for Efficient and Cost-Effective Training, Testing, and Deployment...

Have you ever wondered how you could accelerate the training of LLMs? Well - worry no more - We present a sim…

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Relying On Cloud AI Is Dangerous But Sovereign Local AI Is An Unstoppable Force

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By Thomas Cherickal
| HackerNoon
AI generated by the author. On 12 June 2026, at 5:21 PM US Eastern Time, a single letter from the United States Department of Commerce switched off two of the most capable AI models on Earth for every non-American on the planet. Not a company on a blacklist. Anthropic had ninety minutes to comply. It could not verify citizenship for hundreds of millions of users in ninety minutes, so it did the only thing it could do - it turned Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 off for everybody.
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Kimi K3 Signals a New Threat to US AI Dominance

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By Thomas Cherickal
| HackerNoon
Image AI-generated by the author with Google Gemini Flash Image Introduction Something which I never thought would happen until the end of the year - maybe December 2026 - happened today. An Open Weights Chinese Large Language Model matched Frontier American LLMs. And in several benchmarks, beat them. This is a world-shaking event. Let me introduce you to Kimi K3.
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Closed Source LLMs Bankroll the AI Companies and Bankrupt the World - And 5 Guidelines to Reverse It

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By Thomas Cherickal
| HackerNoon
I use a closed-source AI to generate my images, and I can’t unsee the irony! The AI Age of Abundance is a Lie! All the Generative AI companies’ CEOs have been repeating the same cliches: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, writes in his essay The Intelligence Agethat a defining characteristic of the Intelligence Age will be massive prosperity, describing a future where incremental breakthroughs eventually become commonplace.
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How is social media changing news?

Social Media is distributing more information than news and reporting channels.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To report information that adds genuine value to my audience by answering specific questions and solving specific problems.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I'm happy with most pitches, but I do not work for agencies. I do contract work, however.