Free Exericse
[Getting Started with Python](https://app.edublocks.org/project/BaIjAM0qf6Uxwwo5IcR0ZEBfG6l1/BamhLH1d01Dgt7jCwMRt)Why these languages?
**Great question- Three reasons.**
- 1. Most of these languages (Pyton, Go, Rust, ) are either considered memory safe by the Five Eye Intelligence
Community partners (UK/US/NZ/CA/AU):
https://media.defense.gov/2023/Dec/06/2003352724/-1/-1/0/THE-CASE-FOR-MEMORY-SAFE-ROADMAPS-TLP-CLEAR.PDF
- 2. Mojo is a superset of Python and made by Chris Lattener, the inventor of Swift as well as Clang and LLVM-
it's
going to be big.
- 3. Zig lang is the "youngest" language but shows great promise for its ability to create applications that can
be
served up on any operating system.
▶️ Qompass AI Quick Start
```bash
bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qompassai/dotfiles/main/scripts/quickstart.sh) ``` </div>
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<strong>📄 We advise you read the script BEFORE running it 😉</strong>
</summary>
<pre style="background: #fff; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; overflow-x: auto;">
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# /qompassai/dotfiles/scripts/quickstart.sh
# Qompass AI Quick Start Script
# Copyright (C) 2025 Qompass AI, All rights reserved
####################################################
REPO="https://github.com/qompassai/dotfiles"
TARGET_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles"
if [ -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
echo "Removing existing dotfiles directory..."
rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR"
fi
echo "Cloning Qompass AI Dotfiles..."
git clone "$REPO" "$TARGET_DIR"
echo "Setting up symlinks..."
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/nix" "$HOME/.profile.d"
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/.config/nix/nix.conf" "$HOME/.config/nix/nix.conf"
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/.profile.d/67-nix.sh" "$HOME/.profile.d/67-nix.sh"
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
ln -sfn "$TARGET_DIR/home" "$HOME/.config/home" 2>/dev/null || true
ln -sfn "$TARGET_DIR/.local" "$HOME/.local" 2>/dev/null || true
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/flake.nix" "$HOME/.config/flake.nix" 2>/dev/null || true
source "$HOME/.profile.d/67-nix.sh" 2>/dev/null || {
echo "WARNING: Could not source Nix profile configuration. Falling back to manual exporting"
export NIX_CONF_DIR="$HOME/.config/nix"
export NIX_STORE_DIR="$HOME/.nix/store"
export NIX_STATE_DIR="$HOME/.local/state/nix"
export NIX_LOG_DIR="$HOME/.local/state/nix/log"
export NIX_PROFILE_DIR="$HOME/.nix-profile"
export PATH="$NIX_PROFILE_DIR/bin:$PATH"
}
if ! command -v nix >/dev/null; then
echo "Installing Nix with custom configuration..."
mkdir -p /.nix/var/nix/{profiles,gcroots,db}
chown -R "$(whoami)" /.nix
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon \ --nix-extra-conf-file "$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf" if [
-f '/.nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ]; then
. '/.nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' fi fi
echo "Setting up Nix environment..." cd "$TARGET_DIR" nix flake update detect_shell() {
case "$(ps -p $$ -o comm=)" in *bash*) echo "bash" ;; *zsh*) echo "zsh" ;; *fish*) echo "fish" ;; *)
echo "bash" ;; esac } USER_SHELL=$(detect_shell) echo "Detected shell: $USER_SHELL" nix develop
--command "$USER_SHELL" </pre>
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<p>Or, <a href="/qompassai/dotfiles/blob/main/scripts/quickstart.sh" target="_blank">View
the
quickstart script</a>.</p>
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🧭 About Qompass AI
<div align="center"> <p>Matthew A. Porter<br> Former Intelligence Officer<br> Educator & Learner<br> DeepTech Founder & CEO</p> </div> <h3>Publications</h3> <p> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0302-4812"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/ORCID-0000--0002--0302--4812-green?style=flat-square&logo=orcid" alt="ORCID"> </a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt-Porter-7"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/ResearchGate-Open--Research-blue?style=flat-square&logo=researchgate" alt="ResearchGate"> </a> <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/qompassai"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Zenodo-Publications-blue?style=flat-square&logo=zenodo" alt="Zenodo"> </a> </p> <h3>Developer Programs</h3> [](https://developer.nvidia.com/) [](https://developers.facebook.com/) [](https://hackerone.com/phaedrusflow) [](https://huggingface.co/qompass) [](https://dev.epicgames.com/) <h3>Professional Profiles</h3> <p> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-a-porter-103535224/"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Matt--Porter-blue?style=flat-square&logo=linkedin" alt="Personal LinkedIn"> </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/95058568/"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Qompass--AI-blue?style=flat-square&logo=linkedin" alt="Startup LinkedIn"> </a> </p> <h3>Social Media</h3> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/PhaedrusFlow"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Twitter-@PhaedrusFlow-blue?style=flat-square&logo=twitter" alt="X/Twitter"> </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phaedrusflow"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Instagram-phaedrusflow-purple?style=flat-square&logo=instagram" alt="Instagram"> </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@qompassai"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/YouTube-QompassAI-red?style=flat-square&logo=youtube" alt="Qompass AI YouTube"> </a> </p> </blockquote>
🔥 How Do I Support
<div align="center"> <table> <tr> <th align="center">🏛️ Qompass AI Pre-Seed Funding 2023-2025</th> <th align="center">🏆 Amount</th> <th align="center">📅 Date</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/qompassai/r4r" title="RJOS/Zimmer Biomet Research Grant Repository">RJOS/Zimmer Biomet Research Grant</a></td> <td align="center">$30,000</td> <td align="center">March 2024</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/qompassai/PathFinders" title="GitHub Repository">Pathfinders Intern Program</a><br> <small><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/evergreenbio_bioscience-internships-workforcedevelopment-activity-7253166461416812544-uWUM/" target="_blank">View on LinkedIn</a></small> </td> <td align="center">$2,000</td> <td align="center">October 2024</td> </tr> </table> <br> <h4>🤝 How To Support Our Mission</h4> [](https://github.com/sponsors/phaedrusflow) [](https://patreon.com/qompassai) [](https://liberapay.com/qompassai) [](https://opencollective.com/qompassai) [](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phaedrusflow) <details markdown="1"> <summary><strong>🔐 Cryptocurrency Donations</strong></summary> **Monero (XMR):** <div align="center"> <img src="./assets/monero-qr.png" alt="Monero QR Code" width="180"> </div> <div style="margin: 10px 0;"> <code>42HGspSFJQ4MjM5ZusAiKZj9JZWhfNgVraKb1eGCsHoC6QJqpo2ERCBZDhhKfByVjECernQ6KeZwFcnq8hVwTTnD8v4PzyH</code> </div> <button onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText('42HGspSFJQ4MjM5ZusAiKZj9JZWhfNgVraKb1eGCsHoC6QJqpo2ERCBZDhhKfByVjECernQ6KeZwFcnq8hVwTTnD8v4PzyH')" style="padding: 6px 12px; background: #FF6600; color: white; border: none; border-radius: 4px; cursor: pointer;"> 📋 Copy Address </button> <p><i>Funding helps us continue our research at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and education</i></p> </blockquote>
Frequently Asked Questions
### Q: How do you mitigate against bias?
**TLDR - we do math to make AI ethically useful**
### A: We delineate between mathematical bias (MB) - a fundamental parameter in neural network equations - and
algorithmic/social bias (ASB). While MB is optimized during model training through backpropagation, ASB requires
careful consideration of data sources, model architecture, and deployment strategies. We implement attention
mechanisms for improved input processing and use legal open-source data and secure web-search APIs to help mitigate
ASB.
[AAMC AI Guidelines | One way to align AI against
ASB](https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/principles-ai-use)
### AI Math at a glance
## Forward Propagation Algorithm
$$
y = w_1x_1 + w_2x_2 + ... + w_nx_n + b
$$
Where:
- $y$ represents the model output
- $(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)$ are input features
- $(w_1, w_2, ..., w_n)$ are feature weights
- $b$ is the bias term
### Neural Network Activation
For neural networks, the bias term is incorporated before activation:
$$
z = \\sum\_{i=1}^{n} w_ix_i + b
$$
$$
a = \\sigma(z)
$$
Where:
- $z$ is the weighted sum plus bias
- $a$ is the activation output
- $\\sigma$ is the activation function
### Attention Mechanism- aka what makes the Transformer (The "T" in ChatGPT) powerful
- [Attention High level overview video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjJOgb-E41w)
- [Attention Is All You Need Arxiv Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762)
The Attention mechanism equation is:
$$
\\text{Attention}(Q, K, V) = \\text{softmax}\\left( \\frac{QK^T}{\\sqrt{d_k}} \\right) V
$$
Where:
- $Q$ represents the Query matrix
- $K$ represents the Key matrix
- $V$ represents the Value matrix
- $d_k$ is the dimension of the key vectors
- $\\text{softmax}(\\cdot)$ normalizes scores to sum to 1
### Q: Do I have to buy a Linux computer to use this? I don't have time for that!
### A: No. You can run Linux and/or the tools we share alongside your existing operating system:
- Windows users can use Windows Subsystem for Linux [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)
- Mac users can use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
- The code-base instructions were developed with both beginners and advanced users in mind.
### Q: Do you have to get a masters in AI?
### A: Not if you don't want to. To get competent enough to get past ChatGPT dependence at least, you just need a
computer and a beginning's mindset. Huggingface is a good place to start.
- [Huggingface](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IkzESdOwdmwvPxIELYJi8--K3EZ98_cL6c5ZcLKSyVg/edit#slide=id.p)
### Q: What makes a "small" AI model?
### A: AI models ~=10 billion(10B) parameters and below. For comparison, OpenAI's GPT4o contains approximately 200B
parameters.
What a Dual-License Means
### Protection for Vulnerable Populations
The dual licensing aims to address the cybersecurity gap that disproportionately affects underserved populations. As
highlighted by recent attacks<sup><a href="#ref1">[1]</a></sup>, low-income residents, seniors, and foreign language
speakers face higher-than-average risks of being victims of cyberattacks. By offering both open-source and
commercial
licensing options, we encourage the development of cybersecurity solutions that can reach these vulnerable groups
while also enabling sustainable development and support.
### Preventing Malicious Use
The AGPL-3.0 license ensures that any modifications to the software remain open source, preventing bad actors from
creating closed-source variants that could be used for exploitation. This is especially crucial given the rising
threats to vulnerable communities, including children in educational settings. The attack on Minneapolis Public
Schools, which resulted in the leak of 300,000 files and a $1 million ransom demand, highlights the importance of
transparency and security<sup><a href="#ref8">[8]</a></sup>.
### Addressing Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors
The commercial license option allows for tailored solutions in critical sectors such as healthcare, which has seen
significant impacts from cyberattacks. For example, the recent Change Healthcare attack<sup><a
href="#ref4">[4]</a></sup> affected millions of Americans and caused widespread disruption for hospitals and
other
providers. In January 2025, CISA<sup><a href="#ref2">[2]</a></sup> and FDA<sup><a href="#ref3">[3]</a></sup> jointly
warned of critical backdoor vulnerabilities in Contec CMS8000 patient monitors, revealing how medical devices could
be
compromised for unauthorized remote access and patient data manipulation.
### Supporting Cybersecurity Awareness
The dual licensing model supports initiatives like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
efforts
to improve cybersecurity awareness<sup><a href="#ref7">[7]</a></sup> in "target rich" sectors, including K-12
education<sup><a href="#ref5">[5]</a></sup>. By allowing both open-source and commercial use, we aim to facilitate
the
development of tools that support these critical awareness and protection efforts.
### Bridging the Digital Divide
The unfortunate reality is that too many individuals and organizations have gone into a frenzy in every facet of our
daily lives<sup><a href="#ref6">[6]</a></sup>. These unfortunate folks identify themselves with their talk of "10X"
returns and building towards Artificial General Intelligence aka "AGI" while offering GPT wrappers. Our dual
licensing
approach aims to acknowledge this deeply concerning predatory paradigm with clear eyes while still operating to
bring
the best parts of the open-source community with our services and solutions.
### Recent Cybersecurity Attacks
Recent attacks underscore the importance of robust cybersecurity measures:
- The Change Healthcare cyberattack in February 2024 affected millions of Americans and caused significant
disruption
to healthcare providers.
- The White House and Congress jointly designated October 2024 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This designation
comes with over 100 actions that align the Federal government and public/private sector partners are taking to help
every man, woman, and child to safely navigate the age of AI.
By offering both open source and commercial licensing options, we strive to create a balance that promotes
innovation
and accessibility. We address the complex cybersecurity challenges faced by vulnerable populations and critical
infrastructure sectors as the foundation of our solutions, not an afterthought.
### References
<div id="footnotes">
<p id="ref1"><strong>[1]</strong> <a
href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/10/02/international-counter-ransomware-initiative-2024-joint-statement/">International
Counter Ransomware Initiative 2024 Joint Statement</a></p>
<p id="ref2"><strong>[2]</strong> <a
href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/fact-sheet-contec-cms8000-contains-a-backdoor-508c.pdf">Contec
CMS8000 Contains a Backdoor</a></p>
<p id="ref3"><strong>[3]</strong> <a
href="https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-01-31-cisa-fda-warn-vulnerabilities-contec-patient-monitors">CISA,
FDA warn of vulnerabilities in Contec patient monitors</a></p>
<p id="ref4"><strong>[4]</strong> <a
href="https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/the-top-10-health-data-breaches-of-the-first-half-of-2024">The
Top 10 Health Data Breaches of the First Half of 2024</a></p>
<p id="ref5"><strong>[5]</strong> <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/K12Cybersecurity">CISA's K-12 Cybersecurity
Initiatives</a></p>
<p id="ref6"><strong>[6]</strong> <a
href="https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/09/operation-ai-comply-continuing-crackdown-overpromises-ai-related-lies">Federal
Trade Commission Operation AI Comply: continuing the crackdown on overpromises and AI-related lies</a></p>
<p id="ref7"><strong>[7]</strong> <a
href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/09/30/a-proclamation-on-cybersecurity-awareness-month-2024/">A
Proclamation on Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2024</a></p>
<p id="ref8"><strong>[8]</strong> <a
href="https://therecord.media/minneapolis-schools-say-data-breach-affected-100000/">Minneapolis school
district
says data breach affected more than 100,000 people</a></p>
</div>
