# Posts on X before Feb 5, 2024, 6:35:36 PM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1707158136000-1754574510123364659/ ## On X ### [Feb 5, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754537061632368640) > give us llama3 already pls [@finkd]() [Attached image](/x/media/6eb83a6325773839f438b3ab8f49d197a7baf1286c7e6c75109ee9adb6b21f41.png) ### [Feb 5, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754496193827360925) > if you're making an installer for literally any program, make the initial install file less than 1MB. No need for it to be more. no one wants to install 400MB within their browser - do this through the installer with a nice little UI. ### [Feb 5, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754306799828951088) > this would be based because it would force me to finally learn rust/zig Quoted post by Air Katakana: ### [Feb 5, 2024 — @airkatakana](https://x.com/airkatakana/status/1754304810738979068) > [@NickADobos]() imagine if you were charged $2139 a year to use C or python ### [Feb 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754233682230145266) > lmao remember that one ex-google guy that said google's AI reached sentience and he started advocating for its rights / warning people about it on news channels ### [Feb 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754151976005415313) > china's AI tech is starting to outshine due to them basically not caring at all about copyright. just look at the difference in response lol Quoted post by Micah Berkley - TheAIMogul: ### [Feb 4, 2024 — @MicahBerkley](https://x.com/MicahBerkley/status/1754019702320374070) · Edited > I'm very impressed with new Alibaba's Vision AI model. In some way's it's better than GPT4 because it does an extremely impressive job at identifying people. > > The way that I use these vision models in business is usually to interface images into words, or in my case, I use them for my descriptions of eCommerce products. Take the description, mix a little ChatGPT and SEO keywords, and you can watch your store ramp up in organic traffic. > > You can try the new Alibaba model for free at [huggingface.co/spaces/Qwen/Qw…]() > > Try it yourself. > > [\#TheAIMogul]() > > Qwen-VL-Plus vs GPT4 [Attached image](/x/media/38e8781397352fa840cfc7e9609d8c68fbed0fc0a9f79fd409497c240b154eb2.jpg) ### [Feb 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1754122898305101874) > this is a large portion of AI academia tbh Quoted post by Insane Reality Leaks: ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @InsaneReality](https://x.com/InsaneReality/status/1753686162017821108) > Abused zoo bear still circles in imaginary cage seven years after being freed🥲 [Video on X](/x/media/cb8b2277f88be063d97c40f527d527c0c63d530052f0d274b37301b00ab34d6f.jpg) ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753897746652873148) > imagine thinking apple vision pro is a vr / ar headset. yikes ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753881808901747004) > waiting for ironman level going through my notes and their connections, mr [@kepano]() ⏱️ Quoted post by kepano: ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @kepano](https://x.com/kepano/status/1753874575568621934) > Obsidian on Vision Pro, via Reddit [Video on X](/x/media/467fd0cd9ac156a0a8e79e84505efea8c646a40ea5819f569a25a3ca892f8da8.jpg) ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753788334038753583) > and doomer's justification for this is "because this is better than the potential of p(doom)" > > it's literally a psuedo-religious threat of 'the end of the world', the only cure being?... more rationing, inflation, bureaucratic friction and widespread pain. bingo. Quoted post by Beff (e/acc): ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @beffjezos](https://x.com/beffjezos/status/1753611980852924445) > Despite what the doomers say deceleration doesn't equate to "flowers puppies and everything nice", it's more rationing, inflation, bureaucratic friction and widespread pain. ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753785807184564589) > "within this decade" sounds like a long time, but reality is he means in less than 6 years > > + factor in he's being pretty safe with his estimates so it will probably be 3-4 years if things stay on track with growth % increase Quoted post by Tsarathustra: ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @tsarnick](https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1753718316261326926) > NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says computers will pass any test a human can by the end of this decade [Video on X](/x/media/4c9bcbfc0907c060279b6897cd63a90d22ffa462cdc75b0bd1bdc7a326647c6a.jpg) ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753742651730620654) > someone show me this but with a mac pls Quoted post by stacksmashing: ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @ghidraninja](https://x.com/ghidraninja/status/1753469692734271981) > Lenovo X1 Carbon Bitlocker Key Sniffing any% Speedrun > > (42.9 seconds) [Video on X](/x/media/3de8ebf97b00ba387a533ef62412e152aba32d54aa52d8be86dc496b4e2e493c.jpg) ### [Feb 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753740806832431443) > i sincerely think apple made the 1st gen apple vision pro bigger than it needs to be because: > > - huge selling point for 2nd gen > - they know only the fanatics will buy 1st gen > - they'll do what they do best; "we know you loved apple vision pro, and we've heard your concerns..." ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753517936428691722) > what's with so many recent react -\> rails codebase rewrites lately? saw at least 3 in the past 2 weeks ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753516753550975400) > I mean all you need is to make a script that has mouse/keyboard functionality and simple "complete this puzzle" logic. > > allow the LLM to diagnose the question, move the mouse/keyboard if need be... and... solved. > > we'll see this in mass action in probably a month or two from now Quoted post by SkalskiP: ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @skalskip92](https://x.com/skalskip92/status/1753345468594024821) > Qwen-VL-Plus is SACARY good\! (better than GPT-4V) > > here it is casually solving Recaptcha\! > > - You don't have to give any additional instructions other than 'Solve it.' > > - It can even mark the exact position of the objects it is looking for. > > ↓ it can do so much more [Attached image](/x/media/a869cb80d807349d801deff15ae5fab592d8a31f072eb4cf08b8686b2c3d49c0.jpg) ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753410596543123586) > \>how dare you attempt to generate an UGLY made-up dog that never existed and even if it did it has no idea what the word ugly even means because it's a dog Quoted post by Air Katakana: ### [Feb 1, 2024 — @airkatakana](https://x.com/airkatakana/status/1753176105505415383) > am i a bad person for wanting a picture of an ugly dog? [x.com/GoogleDeepMind…]() [Attached image](/x/media/ab33f7f6e53c43b4343f4cfc07bf73bc3b06023e51074773ebdd742a61069c59.jpg) ### [Feb 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753351034439905597) > i refuse to believe this is real > who is writing today's PhDs? [t.co/rcWP5Rb5Mn]() [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1753316258328588299) ### [Feb 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753018065774842062) > 👀 no longer do you need to send inspo images to an actual artist and hope they can draw in that exact style. there go a bunch more jobs/freelancers Quoted post by fabian: ### [Jan 31, 2024 — @fabianstelzer](https://x.com/fabianstelzer/status/1752732124740719037) > The Glif StyleHunter browser extension is now LIVE - link below > > find cool image styles on the web --\> right-click-remix them with your prompts --\> quickly get a new image in the same style > > it's a super fun way to get inspired \& generate with StableDiffusion \*on the go\*: [Video on X](/x/media/68759b9ce6479d4a1a835cb5519245a126c29c49b0cb15aa98d5259199f8731a.jpg) ### [Feb 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1753015194996052307) > wtf is openai doing by not having fuzzy search within chatgpt? ### [Feb 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752991915761705366) > chances of openai becoming based and going full mask-off uncensored with a "warning" for generations instead of blocking requests? would sama even be allowed to do this? Quoted post by kache: ### [Feb 1, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1752940366758560231) > The reason I made this image is because openai is actually doomed > > i know for a fact that they are not going to make it > someone will take all their users > because someone will actually serve them > its a matter of time > your moat isn't built yet > back to lobbying before its too late ### [Jan 31, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752655623324610864) > It's so crazy to look at content of any kind from 2+ years ago and realize... there was no mainstream AI tool to easily produce this > > There was no ChatGPT, LLMs (of today's quality), MidJourney, etc ### [Jan 31, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752630421555405219) > EU seems like the worst of both worlds. > > USA's people can do "whatever they want" (to quite a degree), and so this brings innovation otherwise impossible through heavy regulations. > > Same for China (replace people with gov). > > EU can't effectively do either, so they play catch-up. Quoted post by Burny - Effective Curiosity: ### [Jan 30, 2024 — @burny_tech](https://x.com/burny_tech/status/1752431299468435815) > Germany, France and Poland announce the ‘Weimar triangle’ for artificial intelligence [Attached image](/x/media/1aa6040b7a7ae8ca7495463f84602a72941d05fecf441dd9a072226c9ff09b6d.png) ### [Jan 31, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752627281405886710) > to put this in perspective, it's like asking a Russian grandmaster in chess what each of the pieces are called in Chinese "because a good chess player should know it in every language". > > how about we just do the hire based on merit instead of the ability to make sorted lists? Quoted post by Bojan Tunguz: ### [Jan 30, 2024 — @tunguz](https://x.com/tunguz/status/1752316716212683034) > Today I learned that a Kaggle competitions grandmaster was unable to get even to the screening interview stage for a low-level AI position at Google, the parent company of Kaggle. I am sure they will select a candidate who can perfectly sort a linked list on a whiteboard. And that, in a nutshell, is why I think that the job screening process in tech is absolutely f\*\*\*ed up. ### [Jan 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752384901679391172) > Truly ahead of their time. They knew about the Llama models before anyone else. Let's listen to these prophets and truly make use of Llama 3 when it comes out 🤝 [Attached image](/x/media/f18a590e7c23596af2a7177e85ef381fd4ac54d082fb89f5e2925c7a25a33d56.png) Quoted post by Visakan Veerasamy: ### [Jan 30, 2024 — @visakanv](https://x.com/visakanv/status/1752368167664709891) > for future ref, the recommended reading list at the back of the manual of The Sims [x.com/FoolOfD/status…]() [Attached image](/x/media/03dbe2606e7814a2b382f2d8f6c02272797e9a8921db32075ba8ee0fb3432ae0.png) ### [Jan 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1752043194034831413) > I truly believe that one of the reasons GPT-4 is so bad at following directions (specifically to coding) is because of all the safety precautions it has in tact. > > ...if you train it to -not listen to certain asks-, guess what happens? This affects other areas of task completion. Quoted post by kache: ### [Jan 29, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1752035896923218090) · Edited > openai is going to ultimately fail > > they lost as soon as they produced software that refuses to do what the user asks it to do. that sort of trust won't be regained ### [Jan 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1751166915442303255) > 5 minutes in using [@arcinternet]() and I can already tell that I'm never going back. One of the most seamless migration experiences I've ever had. ### [Jan 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750944576322289975) > unfortunately it's going to get a lot easier, higher quality, faster, less expensive to generate, and a waaaay more mainstream. this isn't even 1%. > > absolutely nothing we can do about it other than prepare ourselves and our loved ones mentally for what this will bring to fruition Quoted post by ⭕ AI \& Design (Marco): ### [Jan 26, 2024 — @AIandDesign](https://x.com/AIandDesign/status/1750942452352229473) > The true answer to this question (that to my surprise VERY few seem to realize) is in this Taylor Swift song. > > As the dad of two amazing girls I hope to live to see this effing BS change once and for all. > > [music.apple.com/us/album/the-m…]() [x.com/AIandDesign/st…]() ### [Jan 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750878180477448454) > My GitHub Sponsors profile is live\! You can sponsor me to support my open source work 💖 [github.com/sponsors/Syste…]() ### [Jan 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750805750769705349) > Until a Vision Pro headset is the price of an iPhone, I don't see mass adoption of it. Maybe in 2+ iterations of it, we'll see both an increase in quality/utility AND a decrease in price. > > Then again, if you compare it to a Macbook instead of an iPhone... ### [Jan 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750798794449383553) > there are people stuck on a cruise for 9 months, documenting everything on tiktok. imagine the AI breakthroughs that will happen between their boarding and final destination... > > if there's ever been a time to build, it's now. ### [Jan 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750477520330461454) > All of this is thanks to AI and algorithms. Get with the times or this is coming for your career choice - hurts to say/hear but that's the blunt truth. [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1750221141011030189) ### [Jan 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1750203806527447283) > I'm watching Terry Davis's son, tokyospliff, program OpenGL C++ rn. What are you doing, anon? [Attached image](/x/media/7e03ec20ddad68c3b1af07ab5c7faeb01ac45d8e9e5daec84cf000e55dd9b7fb.jpg) ### [Jan 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1749452578801471574) > Are you ready for electronic goldfish? E-fish? Imagine these bad boys being powered by a small current running through the water. Quoted post by Massimo: ### [Jan 22, 2024 — @Rainmaker1973](https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1749364888688849350) > AI models the behavior of a goldfish. > > \[🎞️ Masataka Hakozaki\] > [pic.x.com/tCk4KPj2nT]() [Video on X](/x/media/c12ea54edc2177592218839002f3f321cb39a39bf15f3c39a070069e030280cc.jpg) ### [Jan 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747930887831044496) > I have yet to see DALLE3 make a good photograph style image. Everything it makes looks like a painting. ### [Jan 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747570486819819743) > hardest router edit to-date Quoted post by sahir: ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @sahir2k](https://x.com/sahir2k/status/1747239828281033085) > mfs making network protocol edits [Video on X](/x/media/b1d02212759af6588d9cf6c2a5d89562347448f1bc57199d823b269694438025.jpg) ### [Jan 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747569960891854993) > I love talking about health in the same way everyone used to talk about crypto/NFTs "we're so early" honestly gives me latest AI trends vibes Quoted post by Huberman Protocols (not Andrew Huberman): ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @hubermanrules](https://x.com/hubermanrules/status/1747281221011329079) > Ice pack on your balls in the sauna > > This is how you spot a Huberman type in the wild > > There is no one else doing this > > We are so early [Video on X](/x/media/f1f06023f830d19d7be98c63aa9306d40ffaae8e623f5e3f9e8b537c18476a43.jpg) ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747245509629313118) > Insane that in all those 2200 years, 1 of them didn't tip over and cause a domino effect. Quoted post by Historic Vids: ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @historyinmemes](https://x.com/historyinmemes/status/1747142839354495057) > It is believed that the Terracotta Army, referring to the soldiers guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, looked like this when they were first crafted around 2200 years ago. [Attached image](/x/media/849b0ce72e86ed628b2f3ed735ee9fb2f3082dea5510c6c2a698ec38bcaa29c3.jpg) ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747243474444066939) > This seems like a recurring theme with anything that Elon touches. You think you've seen the height of an industry, and then he storms in and shows you what ACTUAL progress looks like. > > Every. Single. Industry. He. Touches. Quoted post by Christian Dean: ### [Jan 15, 2024 — @christiandean_](https://x.com/christiandean_/status/1746991402079175092) > I don’t understand. I just don’t. Robotics has been a thing for decades. Decades of research, and Boston Dynamics made a kinda interesting dog? > > Why does nothing useful happen until Elon decides to do it? What are all the researchers up to? [x.com/elonmusk/statu…]() ### [Jan 16, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1747232832148390128) > The worst part is realizing that after this documentary was published, (most likely) the guy just watching Google was punished along with his next 2 generations Quoted post by Historic Vids: ### [Jan 15, 2024 — @historyinmemes](https://x.com/historyinmemes/status/1746996708968403019) > This is an eerie computer lab in North Korea [Video on X](/x/media/dd534eca4519c1afca82982cee4fbc5650d6bd4e50879350018bdd3f02b33c81.jpg) ### [Jan 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1745316602864881992) > OpenAI ChatGPT really needs fuzzy searching through chats, both active and archived. That would make me use it 1000% more often. ### [Jan 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1745084447555248136) > Going to be diving into [@openchatdev]()'s new OpenChat 3.5 1106 GGUF through LM Studio today and trying it out with an Obsidian Vault using Text Generator. > > Should be fun. Stay tuned. ### [Jan 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1744926961586315360) > New ChatGPT update just hit... LET'S GOOOO [Attached image](/x/media/e969d4429cf5a2876f6d005bbe55314c4588b170306e69fe3e92b2d9d6d01668.jpg) ### [Jan 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1742637338163904717) > Take care of your data now.... > > ...and it will one day take good care of you. Quoted post by Burny - Effective Curiosity: ### [Jan 2, 2024 — @burny_tech](https://x.com/burny_tech/status/1742244096838599031) > The year 2024 in AI will be about data quality. > Data quality changes everything. > > Here's what the author of Mamba, author of a famous architecture rival to the Transformer, said: > > The architecture stuff is fun, making hardware efficient is fun. But I think ultimately it's about data. If you look at the scaling law curve, different architectures would generally have the same slope, but they're just different offset. Seems like the only thing that changes the slope is the data quality. [Video on X](/x/media/ba528d6f161557270487dcc4e210d2607f9df46afb3fa5bc06ae1aac233fb287.jpg) ### [Dec 24, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1738800406933942609) > Iosevka font is god-tier, hasn't been beaten yet IMO Quoted post by Alexandr.: ### [Dec 23, 2023 — @socoloffalex](https://x.com/socoloffalex/status/1738477878700855807) > Babe wake up, the new free mono typeface is here > > Commit Mono - link in comments [Attached image](/x/media/c65f9719a73130d945e54e38cc5f4d82ed388b899e4990960f9f5346eeb1c58d.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/5847dc884ae775d258d82228b3b5147c9f5579c020506b5673fce54ba4ce8ca3.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/b9801aa15c2d3ae6d286c7a9276fca8dc98eb165c0f341062276153aeaa6255b.jpg) [Attached image](/x/media/9ef6e6ad8bec6ab2e18afc9d3598f433960374f4ad795d96b3f580379e38f77f.jpg) ### [Dec 18, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1736723141110702520) > The internet seems to be accelerating on X ever-increasingly... > > When's the last time you saw cutting-edge tech discussed FIRST on any other platform? > > It always starts on X. ### [Dec 18, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1736667038028910627) > I'm blown away by Mixtral 8x7B, the new sparse mixture-of-experts model from Mistral AI. > > It outperforms Llama 2 70B and GPT3.5 on most benchmarks... and it's open source. ### [Dec 17, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1736180647188685135) > AGI / Superhuman AI is coming in the next 2 years Quoted post by Vivid Void: ### [Dec 16, 2023 — @vividvoid](https://x.com/vividvoid/status/1735921148007964881) > What unpopular technology opinion will have you like this [Video on X](/x/media/cf3bae67494116aa7deb42991d40f97aad74ecd5ead78f183dfc8b067294cc32.jpg) ### [Dec 16, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1735814413523837009) > [@NickADobos]() I remember reading that you said Custom Instructions are taken into consideration with custom GPTs, but I've been testing extensively with your Grimoire / my own throwaway GPTs, and they definitely don't... > > am I missing something? ### [Dec 15, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1735796644212339195) > Vercel has opened up their AI React/HTML creator to everyone. [v0.dev]() ### [Dec 14, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1735429992220152040) > Even a 2% decrease of optimal hydration can lead to a significant debuff to mental performance. > > Stay hydrated. ### [Dec 4, 2023 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1731609101774598470) > Looking for GPT / OpenAI alternatives? This is an amazing read: [blog.perplexity.ai/blog/introduci…]() [Older posts](/x/before/1701682756000-1731609101774598470/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-10T23:18:17.868Z