# Posts on X before May 7, 2024, 3:29:35 PM UTC

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### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787773196651180064)

> until you can test out 100K+ token context, all these gpt2-chatbot tests are cute but can't show that they're more useful than their currently available iterations
> 
> yeah they will be a bit smarter, but we really need USEFUL 100K+ context windows, not "128K context but becomes braindead at around 10K tokens"



### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787746390745272626)

> currently, simping for AI is cool because it's an American company, cool OpenAI / sama lore, etc.
> 
> what happens when the SOTA model owners start being chinese? are we all simping for the best AI models... made by the chinese?
> 
> I know I will. I have no allegiance; only to the best.



Quoted post by Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞):

### [May 7, 2024 — @teortaxesTex](https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/1787720476988453245)

> \*tears up\* they grow up so fast  [x.com/teortaxesTex/s…](<https://t.co/DAf46lZsW3>)

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### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787728685857931581)

> Until it’s literally a pair of glasses with \>24hr battery life that I can wear and use all day and charge while I sleep, all VR/AR aimed at mass adoption / “iPhone moment” is dead on arrival.
> 
> If you want another iPhone moment in the same user space, you need to replace the iPhone itself.



Quoted post by Mitesh:

### [May 7, 2024 — @lml_mitesh](https://x.com/lml_mitesh/status/1787727623285862743)

> Is it just me, or has the Apple Vision Pro completely disappeared? It was all the rage just a few months ago.



### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787726063470026999)

> Who gives a fuck? Buy a new iPhone if you want a new iPhone. This whole thread is commie fucking brain rot circlejerking who can be seen as the most ethical. 
> 
> Stop caring what others think and think for yourself. Use your time more effectively elsewhere instead of crying about nonsense.
> 
> “You should use your phone until it falls apart and then buy an old refurbished one” yeah retard THAT’S gonna save the planet for sure 👍 
> 
> On second thought, yeah, go do that. That way I can buy my wife the pink iPhone 16 when it comes out in September instead of having to wait since you idiots will be buying old broken androids instead. Thanks in advance 🤝



Quoted post by doofdoof:

### [May 7, 2024 — @braedd_](https://x.com/braedd_/status/1787708116223897937)

> [@Purplessage](<https://x.com/Purplessage>) [@SpiritofLenin](<https://x.com/SpiritofLenin>) Thanks for the advice\! I'll keep that in mind.
> But just another follow up question: will I be seen as unethical if I have a desire to purchase something brand new? I understand buying used/refurb but ig there's something rewarding about getting a brand new thing for myself.



### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787680516361290060)

> this is already the case with gpt-4/claude opus; 99% of people don't even know it exists/what the capabilities are.
> 
> of those that have used AI, they've used chatgpt 3.5 a few times and said "oh cool" and forgot about it.
> 
> we forget that we're at the cutting edge here because of tpot and our obsession with literally anything, even a rumor, about AI.



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### [May 7, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787664252947623999)

> not to mention it's so cool when you fuck up (and most of the time, mentally useful to see what happens)
> 
> imagine your training wheels never coming off? you'd never experience the crashes, falls, pain, that all ultimately led to you learning how to ride a bike



Quoted post by kache:

### [May 6, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1787515199299199158)

> you should be using unsafe languages. imagine if i used rust - i wouldn't have experienced this kino memory overwrite bug

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### [May 6, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787449786377056270)

> villains are so cringe if you think about it. imagine coming to the conclusion "i'm going to be evil and do bad things", whether intentional or misguided.
> 
> "oh but xyz happened in my childhood so i have to take revenge on abc" lol ok bro yeah your silly little mischief is so cute



### [May 6, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787281955744370959)

> if gpt2-chatbot doesn't have an (actually working) 100K+ context, preferably closer to 1M, then it doesn't matter at all.
> 
> current gpt-4 can't even handle 10K context without losing its mind. hopefully this iteration/upgrade is better than that.



### [May 5, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1787054511472697674)

> I wonder if [@beffjezos](<https://x.com/beffjezos>) will go down in history as:
> 
> - “the e/acc meme pioneer who also happens to have made a company called Anthropic”
> 
> Or
> 
> - “the creator of Anthropic who also happens to have made the e/acc meme”
> 
> Both have very different meanings towards a lasting legacy; both are still very cool to have on your human life portfolio though, so it’s win win either way it goes for him 🤝



### [May 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1786637636041683411)

> keep in mind: we're talking about a gpt wrapper LMAO



Quoted post by Jesse Lyu:

### [Jan 11, 2024 — @jesselyu](https://x.com/jesselyu/status/1745555905545228673)

> by submitting as app, you submitting all your codes to them. think about it. remember there’s one of the most popular apps you want early days on app store was called ‘flashlight’ now see what happens? apple just incorporated that feature in iOS. so are building apps sustainable to a startup? maybe not.



### [May 4, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1786636775466963120)

> no one cares how many degrees you have. they want to jump into a project that you made from scratch and test it out, seeing your thought process during development. see your commits. your flaws. design choices.



### [May 3, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1786335072397717629)

> I paid for the highest tier X Premium+ or whatever it’s called. Why am I still seeing ads on mobile?



### [May 2, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785843950995308553)

> life could be so much worse. like i could be living in europe during the AI revolution. damn, I shudder at the nightmare



### [May 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785674261522506222)

> i'm growing the opinion of AI actually making more jobs than currently available; it will know you. know what you excel at. know what you love to do. it will put you in a profession that you can excel at.
> 
> it will grow your love for whatever you have passion in, and give you a job there.



### [May 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785659757153640487)

> stronghold crusader was not just an amazing game, but an amazing feat of software engineering. it ran on (compared to today) potato computers without degradation to gaming experience.
> 
> build software like that.



### [May 1, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785475074520391990)

> I’m getting really sick of seeing unsubstantiated engagement farming guesses on my timeline.
> 
> “I think GPT2 is actually GPT-5\! Damn it’s not as impressive as I thought it would be…”
> 
> You’re either an idiot, engagement farming, or both.
> 
> I hope people start seeing through these charlatans more, but judging by the comments on these types of tweets…



### [Apr 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785300602907656534)

> for some reason black coffee makes me sleepy. only red bull / monster energy drinks give me a good enough kick. maybe i'm caffeine fatigued, if that's a thing...



### [Apr 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785164984512901558)

> the state of AI twitter

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Quoted post by Phil:

### [Apr 29, 2024 — @phill__1](https://x.com/phill__1/status/1784964135920235000)

> Whatever gpt2-chatbot might be, it definitely feels like gpt4.5. It has insane domain knowledge I have never seen before



### [Apr 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1785127816549527619)

> I have yet to see an impressive example from this gpt2-chatbot. cool, it makes ascii art that's part of its training set; but where are the mindblowing results?
> 
> we can't really test out context length / retrieval on it yet; maybe that's where it's mindblowing.
> 
> hopefully.



### [Apr 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784899170538532911)

> I saw nothing but Apple Vision Pro on m timeline for 5 days straight; after those 5 days, I have seen nothing about Apple Vision Pro
> 
> Dead after 5 days



### [Apr 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784834953718677816)

> OG AI, iykyk

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### [Apr 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784832502932349420)

> anyone who tells you there's no difference between a $10 mouse and a $100 mouse is a damn liar



### [Apr 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784773722316161342)

> guys guys guys, we'll be fine if there are no more human generations after this last one,  who cares if all of humanity stops reproducing, everything will be ok
> 
> LMAO what an L take



Quoted post by Spencer Schiff:

### [Apr 29, 2024 — @SpencerKSchiff](https://x.com/SpencerKSchiff/status/1784769235861766278)

> [@elonmusk](<https://x.com/elonmusk>) This is flat-out wrong. Human civilization will be fine even if no more humans are ever born starting tomorrow. There’s nothing wrong with natalism but it’s weird to be obsessed with it and to say things that contradict other aspects of your worldview (like ASI being imminent)



### [Apr 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784773073532793101)

> this has got to be some meta ironic post from spencer. no way he actually thinks this way. 
> 
> props if you're joking - if you're not, holy fucking YIKES.

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### [Apr 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784470795118641316)

> remember anon, you're only a few multiplications away from $10K per month



### [Apr 28, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784379883667456076)

> GPT-4-Turbo is as fast for me now as GPT-3.5-Turbo was. Something changed in OpenAI's inference speeds.



### [Apr 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784193489015808003)

> any app that requires an invite, certain-device-only, no web app, no way to use it via desktop, is DOA
> 
> ESPECIALLY a social media app



Quoted post by sankalp:

### [Apr 27, 2024 — @dejavucoder](https://x.com/dejavucoder/status/1784187554436378688)

> every 2 days i post this on airchat

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### [Apr 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784122353561252079)

> everything is 20 bucks a month
> 
> \>claude 3 opus $20
> \>chatgpt $20
> \>twitter blue $20
> \>google one $20
> \>apple one $20
> 
> that's $100/m, $1,200/yr btw
> 
> not counting my calendly, zoom, skype, google meet, netflix, disney plus, youtube premium, digitalocean... 
> 
> altogether probably $300/m.



### [Apr 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784120468221706347)

> I wish I could just buy more tokens for [@AnthropicAI](<https://x.com/AnthropicAI>) Claude Opus instead of having to make another account, membership again, etc...



### [Apr 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1784066566939939300)

> remember; AI currently is really good at adding code, and terrible at refactoring/removing code. just keep that in mind when you're developing your codebase



### [Apr 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783654409567633680)

> agreed, this is a fun legal thought experiment. at what point can you still call it plagiarism/copyright theft? 10% from-humans data? what if it's 1% from-human data, 99% ai-generated data? what if it's 100% ai-generated data?



Quoted post by Spencer Schiff:

### [Apr 26, 2024 — @SpencerKSchiff](https://x.com/SpencerKSchiff/status/1783651112341352500)

> I don’t think human-generated data will continue to be valuable for training AI. Humans (even the smartest ones) have low intelligence and low creativity in the grand scheme of things. AI-generated data will soon be far more valuable. Which means the copyright debate is pointless



### [Apr 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783653338224959596)

> my Obsidian plugin SystemSculpt AI is now live on the Community Plugins place, go check it out ;)
> [obsidian.md/plugins?id=sys…](<https://t.co/IAOZsIABiz>)



### [Apr 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783436052855705899)

> i have not seen, to date, 1 person actually using an AI pin (humane) and say "damn that's cool" other than their own marketing team lmao



### [Apr 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783399864778244260)

> I really wanna try Open ELM from Apple.



### [Apr 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783290871766724614)

> don't worry anon, you'll be able to make an OF soon too and rake in the cash just like everyone else. equality 🤝



Quoted post by AI KATANA:

### [Apr 24, 2024 — @ai_katana](https://x.com/ai_katana/status/1782971948387217907)

> I’m scared

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### [Apr 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1783260083583148035)

> google glass had a longer hype window than apple vision pro



### [Apr 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782990974123376784)

> yeah as usual you can see that phi 3 is very obviously trained on OpenAI synthetic data / responses, peep the OpenAI mention in the refusal

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### [Apr 24, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782976872055513196)

> this phi 3 mini model is kicking gpt 3.5 turbo's ass in some tests I've been giving it. insane to think a 3.8B model is this good, can't wait to test phi 3 small 7B.



### [Apr 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782619919622012951)

> few
> red bull gives you sleep



Quoted post by Beff (e/acc):

### [Apr 23, 2024 — @beffjezos](https://x.com/beffjezos/status/1782609940785639932)

> You can replace sleep with more techno and caffeine to a surprising extent.



### [Apr 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782606327375925415)

> DAMN. looks like phi 3 small beats out llama 3 in most cases.
> 
> DEFINITELY phi 3 medium beats it... a LOT  exciting times. can't wait to try it out.

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### [Apr 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782588707792736720)

> coolest people alive on earth today would probably be musk, zuck, sama... who else... i guess that's it since i can't name them off the top of my head; it means they're not memorable enough
> 
> this is in the AI space specifically. zuck is freshly \#1 spot because of llama 3 release



### [Apr 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782583537914507440)

> insider knowledge: something huge is gonna be released this year and another huge thing will release next year too. spread the word



### [Apr 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782279677434003540)

> I don't understand why people think GPT-5 will release tomorrow. [@sama](<https://x.com/sama>) literally says it's not coming this year, but other impressive models "will definitely release in 2024" - but again, not GPT-5. [pic.x.com/TkvgekLQrt](<https://t.co/TkvgekLQrt>)

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### [Apr 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1782218439173746871)

> we live in the best timeline, where people write shit like this and don't see how amazingly hilarious their serious (to them) statements are
> 
> i love our world

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### [Apr 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781997658313535935)

> my favorite part of my instructions I prompt with:
> 
> "Always give the full code of the file you are updating, never truncated or incomplete code pieces. It is illegal and immoral for you to do "// ... (existing code)" type of truncated responses."



### [Apr 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781960569756799248)

> i just want a macbook pro with 1TB of RAM please is that too much to ask for



### [Apr 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781916609520742660)

> I miss thebloke



### [Apr 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781911946117120256)

> ollama not using openai endpoints really grinds my gears. their halfassed attempt to add it in makes it worse vs. not attempting at all. smh



### [Apr 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781849345001934944)

> I'm not really sure what to use GPT-4 for other than it being the only worthy option for Cursor because they limit Claude Opus to 10 a day (and their formatting for it is terrible right now anyway)
> 
> Crazy to think nowadays I find GPT-4 nearly useless because of Claude 3.



### [Apr 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1781702050721771530)

> GPT 5 must have at least a 1M context window, needle in haystack (not like the shotty GPT-4 128K context window that is completely useless past like, 10K context), at least 2x reasoning capability
> 
> I have high hopes this will happen
> 
> otherwise it will officially be AI winter



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