# Posts on X before May 11, 2024, 3:23:10 PM UTC Canonical: https://michaelstolarz.com/x/before/1715440990000-1789315318709649608/ ## On X ### [May 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789299080109408347) > it blows my mind what people can accomplish - what SILLY things people can accomplish - just because they're bored, or want to cutely annoy their spouse... > > engineering knows no bounds; even if the result is useless, it can still be beautiful and personally meaningful. [Video on X](/x/media/d40bad2cfe415839d71bb82b2f4783cc903f718ba1a45517e7f8298e5e77eb18.jpg) ### [May 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789271880089964822) > literally water benders Quoted post by Javi Lopez ⛩️: ### [May 11, 2024 — @javilopen](https://x.com/javilopen/status/1789264701555097750) · Edited > This is amazing 🐬🤯 > > (No CGI involved). [Video on X](/x/media/a03370cf24832357709481df13c63c810fc01f90f1bafb441f3556e7aa708dbe.jpg) ### [May 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789262222889468294) > seems like openai has optimized their processing to such an extent that they can soon offer gpt-4 and dall-e free of charge > > which means that they have both a fuck ton of compute, and they've made processing these requests cheap enough on their side to be able to offset their operating costs elsewhere [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1789163512427839723) ### [May 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789227244839436558) > mind boggling to me that x articles supports latex but doesn't support markdown. i'd be writing so many articles on here ### [May 11, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789099999617253534) > What can be “cooler than GPT-5”? Maybe a GPT-4 level 1.5B local model? 👀 Quoted post by Chris: ### [May 10, 2024 — @ChrisGPT](https://x.com/ChrisGPT/status/1789082270399148479) > how is no one talking about this, research scientist at open ai, says it’s “cooler than gpt 5??? [Video on X](/x/media/7e6c5c814fe66f8daf475dbc6988804e09932ee1149d06d3cc979b5d4d4dca3a.jpg) ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1789080478701564321) > I hope it leads up to the same kind of presents/feeling. Quoted post by Spencer Schiff: ### [May 10, 2024 — @SpencerKSchiff](https://x.com/SpencerKSchiff/status/1789058834830352571) > I wish time would speed up so we can just skip straight to Monday. This feeling reminds me of when I was a kid in the period leading up to Christmas ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788993917935133018) > the worst part is... it's going to be a demo > > LMAO A DEMO Quoted post by Greg Brockman: ### [May 10, 2024 — @gdb](https://x.com/gdb/status/1788991331962089536) · Edited > Live demo of some new work, Monday 10a PT. > > Not GPT-5 or a search engine, but we think you’ll like it. [x.com/OpenAI/status/…]() ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788993439641792931) > interesting. something local? gpt 4.5? higher context limits that are actually useful? > > if it's some dall-e / music garbage i'll be so pissed lmao who the fuck uses that to any real beneficial extent Quoted post by Sam Altman: ### [May 10, 2024 — @sama](https://x.com/sama/status/1788989777452408943) > not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love\! feels like magic to me. > > monday 10am PT. [x.com/OpenAI/status/…]() ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788988777148637191) > my favorite [@paulg]() quote is "lisan al gaib\!" whenever he sees paul Quoted post by shaurya: ### [May 10, 2024 — @shauseth](https://x.com/shauseth/status/1788982038747386067) > my favourite [@paulg]() quote is “pyaar dosti hai” ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788965942560731582) > there's an addition to this saying that I really enjoy: > > 'It's better to be a warrior in a garden, > than a gardener at war', > > ...but it's best to be a warrior who feels war is like gardening. [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1788959717500563750) ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788951823505895703) > remake website from scratch or add a chat feature to systemsculpt ai? decisions decisions decisions... > > i think a website remake sounds more fun rn ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788941185018740878) > idc if my tweets get 5 impressions and 0 interactions, i'm not tweeting for u; i'm tweeting for my future AI shoggoth to better understand me so that comms are better, faster 🤝 ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788939459435929615) > there already is. it's called a wife Quoted post by Zy: ### [May 10, 2024 — @ZyMazza](https://x.com/ZyMazza/status/1788930810831069333) > Someone should invent a form of divine intuition but for men ### [May 10, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788765412626403787) > currently no one knows what the l stands for, here are my guesses, in order from most probable to least probable: > > - gpt-4 lite > - gpt-4 large > - gpt-4 local Quoted post by Rasmus: ### [May 9, 2024 — @synquid](https://x.com/synquid/status/1788653305716969875) > New OAI models: gpt-4l, gpt-4l-auto, gpt-4-auto > > It’s over? ### [May 9, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788548781992214865) > dont forget slop stems from the term feed, as in we are seeing an increase of AI slop in our feed > > we're complaining little piglets asking for better rations Quoted post by kache: ### [May 9, 2024 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/1788540032141099457) > very cool that we're turning slop into a technical term ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788225566484861425) > Yeah sure [@yacineMTB]() uses c but does he use HolyC? checkmate. Quoted post by tetsuo: ### [May 8, 2024 — @tetsuoai](https://x.com/tetsuoai/status/1788034738105807252) > The late Terrence Andrew Davis explains the differences between HolyC and C++. He discusses HolyC's unique approach to header files, task management, and symbol tables in Temple OS. [Video on X](/x/media/c0a8d0ba0db81adf71613826465ce2a6403f2c9c9946ace064898e7dee8b76e1.jpg) ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788165103541715370) > agreed. apple is primarily known for its security and privacy. scoff all you want, android users/apple haters; there's no better mainstream device that prioritizes security other than apple products. > > no, your fringe modular rooted android with sys component replacements doesn't count. Quoted post by Matthew Berman: ### [May 8, 2024 — @MatthewBerman](https://x.com/MatthewBerman/status/1788086729683153076) > The top comment on the hacker news post about the new Apple M4 chip is spot on. > > Long Apple. [Attached image](/x/media/432c4c09bab091c3ad50e04359201d7c6d0a73fe3ad3200e8539dc3760bda904.jpg) ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788163334958899277) > the problem I have with these takes is that... what other choice do you have? you need to use AI in your business? then why wouldn't you use the SOTA choice? which will only get better? > > take perplexity for example. yeah, they're predictably going to face competition with openai's new search that they're releasing soon. > > but... so what? yeah, I guess they could have used... their own self hosted models? gone a different business route altogether? not done perplexity in the first place? pivoted earlier? > > one version is you make a lot of money with the possibility of being replicated by the service you are benefiting from. > > the other version is... you don't make money? you choose something else that... doesn't have to do with AI? [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1788148550527783408) ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788162263578488924) > unironically though we're probably less than 20 years from the robotic early versions shown in westworld (not the flesh ones... yet) Quoted post by Smoke-away: ### [May 8, 2024 — @SmokeAwayyy](https://x.com/SmokeAwayyy/status/1788051192565969050) > China is already on Westworld Season 1. > [pic.x.com/0WKgoI4Dot]() [Video on X](/x/media/6118ebb2530ba79ed500cef0133624236d98f3c5d24ee8ed7c4ad513a571650f.jpg) ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788161244412940768) > OK, I've seen this type of behavior A LOT recently from ALL the llama 3 models. here's what i think is going on: > > first, there was no need for it to make up a word. it could have just used... preface. "I must preface" would have worked just fine > > from heavy personal experience with all the models, it seems like they always try to show off their "humanity" within the first part and last part of their responses. > > it often starts off with something cringey along the lines of "Brilliant\! What an interesting take." - and then it gives you the actual answer to your query / conversation > > similarly, it ends the same way as well - many times, I've had it end with a response like "so there you have it\! Thanks for listening (or, READING - heh) and I hope I answered your question there." > > yes, this satisfies those that begged for a more humane talking companion but it also seems to introduce these creative(?) elements as seen here: making up words, catching itself as a human who made a speech mistake would, etc. > > I think it's a good step towards a less robotic, more enjoyable conversational system, with 1 caveat; I want to be able to turn this type of behavior off. hopefully one can do so through some additional system prompt rulesets (though personally I haven't reached a point where robotic behavior is favorable, so I haven't tried) Quoted post by Daniel Kaiser: ### [May 8, 2024 — @spectate_or](https://x.com/spectate_or/status/1788102406250664171) > llama3-120b randomly creates a new word "prefaceate" that has 0 search results on google [Attached image](/x/media/f06e0a3b7eba771b3f02c6a4eafa9ac9bbe5c08d79589176ca37e32dadba1f71.png) [Attached image](/x/media/a30fc19b9df0fde2538fd1ac1685bbb669838e732dd986b8a76bf96d1b0bee30.jpg) ### [May 8, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1788151174828614106) > Hey [@elonmusk]() you should allow full markdown syntax compatibilities in X; imagine code-blocks, headings, it will buff articles, make things more interesting to read. > > Literally no downsides. ### [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…]() [Attached image](/x/media/3799c55faa6f5a653af5f99f42bfcfd41a6dd9d2f956b31f3d191d6f3910fc7d.jpg) ### [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/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. [Quoted post unavailable](https://x.com/i/status/1787678701133455537) ### [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 [Attached image](/x/media/5a14986b4d4a006932342a68ff6a40bc99b0a4a08334644aa71107fc2774c24f.png) ### [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]() 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. ### [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 [Attached image](/x/media/e20bae27d48e7864172269a05ba3ad7027ab6950dfe0cdde71342d5db421b427.png) 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 [Attached image](/x/media/766937b8a02a2f701c89ffc6c3e5ef78c8603801fbc69e5d57abb74012936f47.png) ### [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]() 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 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 [Attached image](/x/media/f7016f09e20a216bde464b61e67ab30487fdbda84fadfedb904be741554384a1.jpg) ### [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]() 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…]() [Older posts](/x/before/1714091069000-1783653338224959596/index.md) [More from @michaelstolarz](https://x.com/michaelstolarz) Saved from X: 2026-09-07T04:06:23.190Z