Asim Ranjha

Hi, I'm Asim. I'm Pakistani and Punjabi by heritage, I live in Seattle, and I spend my time building AI that people can actually rely on.

Work

I'm a technical founder of DoctorNow, where we build software for doctors and nurses. My part is the AI, and the rule I hold to is simple: AI can suggest, but a qualified person makes the call. docnow.ai

Research

My research asks what it takes for AI to be trustworthy. My answer so far is that the model is only part of it. You also need evidence, honest uncertainty and a person who is accountable. It rests on one idea, which I call the Legion conjecture: intelligence can be internalized, but legitimacy cannot. LogicLegion is where I build on it. logiclegion.com

Small models

I spend a lot of time on small language models, the kind that run on a laptop. In healthcare that matters: a small model can stay inside a hospital's own network, and it can be retrained and re-checked in an evening instead of a month. I've been training them on clinical tasks, setting the pass bar before each run, and running studies on what these models actually learn inside. Many of those experiments said no, and that taught me as much as the ones that worked: models do best when the rules are written down and their work is checked by something outside them.

Building with AI

I use AI as a working crew, not just a tool. Small teams of AI agents help me build story worlds and the studios that produce them with Near Earth Adventures, compose music tuned to the orbits of the planets, and, with Totally Cricket, analyze matches and fit cricket equipment to each player. A person stays in charge of every one of them. nearearthadventures.com · astralabe.app

Also

On the side I'm writing a book and a few screenplays, building a private AI that lives on my own computer, and making small tools for things I care about. I'll share them here as they're ready.

Papers

Nothing published yet. Papers will be listed here as they come out.