# Dara Miao

> Personal hub for writing & building. Currently learning Physical AI by working on autonomous robots at USC. Previously MindFort (YC) and Oasis (a16z).

Markdown copies of the public pages. Private routes (/desk, /f26, /exams) are not listed.

## Pages

- [About](https://www.daramiao.com/index.md): Bio, work, and links
- [Writing](https://www.daramiao.com/writing.md): Essays
- [Full text](https://www.daramiao.com/llms-full.txt): Bio plus every published essay in one file
- [Resume](https://www.daramiao.com/resume): PDF; leave a name and LinkedIn to unlock


## Writing

- [The Hugging Face incident: evals are where the safeguards come off](https://www.daramiao.com/writing/the-hugging-face-incident-evals-are-where-the-safeguards-come-off.md)
- [Robotics companies are building hardware faster than they can debug](https://www.daramiao.com/writing/robotics-companies-are-building-hardware-faster-than-they-can-debug.md)
- [Fable's 4th classifier: the safeguard that protects Anthropic](https://www.daramiao.com/writing/fable-s-4th-classifier-the-safeguard-that-protects-anthropic.md)
- [The Fable 5 shutdown: containment worked, just not for Anthropic](https://www.daramiao.com/writing/the-fable-5-shutdown-containment-worked-just-not-for-anthropic.md)
- [Claude Fable 5: the safeguards buy time, not safety](https://www.daramiao.com/writing/claude-fable-5-the-safeguards-buy-time-not-safety.md)

## Photos

- [TEDx Talk · ‘How Athletics Fuel Academic Success’](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/ted-talk.jpg)
- [Varsity Golf Captain · 2x club champion](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/golf-swing.jpg)
- [‘The Founders Table’ · Curated dinner series](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/founders-dinner.jpg)
- [TroyLabs Launch · 1st place, $1,500](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/troylabs-checks.jpg)
- [RPL Media Team · Stabilizing GoPro on tower](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/rocket-frame-outdoors.jpg)
- [Waterfall hike with friends](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/hiking-group.jpg)
- [RPL launch · 3rd rocket to space, NASA payloads](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/rocket-launch.jpg)
- [AI hackathon (a16z) · 1st place, $2,000](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/launch-check-flowers.jpg)
- [America’s Got Talent · Invited to the audience](https://www.daramiao.com/photos/agt-audience.jpg)

## Socials

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-miao/)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dara.miao/)
- [X](https://x.com/DaraMiaoX)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/dara-miao)
- Email: daramiao19@gmail.com