Alex Eisenhart
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Essays on engineering leadership — the stuff most playbooks skip over.

  • Jul 22, 2026 Mario AI Series

    AI Super Mario World Part 3: Building the sensor grid

    Part 3 of 8: build the 13×13 sensor grid that gives the neural network a structured view of Mario's local world.

  • Jul 15, 2026 Mario AI Series

    AI Super Mario World Part 2: Taking control and episode loops

    Part 2 of 8: inject controller inputs from Lua, save and restore game state, and build the episode loop that all training will run through.

  • Jun 8, 2026 Mario AI Series

    AI Super Mario World Part 1: Read WRAM and Draw a HUD

    Set up BizHawk, read Mario's position from WRAM, and render a live HUD that updates every frame.

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