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### [Jan 8, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876867406099824853)

> who would have thought that on mediums with little to no moderation regarding freedom of speech, these would become the best and most accurate long-term forms of ideas?



### [Jan 7, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876539921873395992)

> i mean... does anyone have more data about the world than Alphabet? youtube, maps street view, GOOGLE (the search engine)...
> 
> it really seems like Google will win this all in the end unless someone beats them to it, which seems less and less likely each day



Quoted post by Tim Brooks:

### [Jan 6, 2025 — @_tim_brooks](https://x.com/_tim_brooks/status/1876327325916447140)

> DeepMind has ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world. I'm hiring for a new team with this mission. Come build with us\!
> 
> [boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/…](<https://t.co/pqvALtAvLs>) [boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/…](<https://t.co/vtwgeXl9Dl>)



### [Jan 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876253424293220442)

> day 5/365 - making model selection smarter. organized by pricing tiers, sorted by capabilities, with quick visual indicators for what each model can do
> 
> plus: first alpha drops jan 8 for patrons
> 
> watch how it works ⬇️



### [Jan 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876252742425145852)

> day 4/365 - built audio transcription that's so meta i fed yesterday's video back into systemsculpt to analyze its own explanation. right-click any audio file, instant transcription + chat
> 
> watch how it works ⬇️



### [Jan 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876224662658801787)

> it's so funny to see normies reacting to things they've just recently discovered, the same things that have been on 4chan for decades at this point
> 
> really shows how much damage censorship can do



### [Jan 6, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1876208336770941223)

> it's only january 6th and we already have a top contender for "most retarded post of 2025".
> 
> "ask the public if it wants ASI" who gives a fuck what the public wants? what's the alternative here - ASI is achieved, and access to its capabilities is not given to the public? who then?
> 
> "oh but if we tell them we don't want it, they'll stop making it" lol, lmao even



Quoted post by Captain 0blivious:

### [Jan 6, 2025 — @C0blivious](https://x.com/C0blivious/status/1876085194664640793)

> [@sama](<https://x.com/sama>) Don't you think you should ask if the public wants ASI?



### [Jan 4, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1875405481109549381)

> when API for [@superwhisper](<https://x.com/superwhisper>) ? [@neilsuperduper](<https://x.com/neilsuperduper>)



### [Jan 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1875214944284869098)

> dev log day 3/365 - built custom ai personalities. turned a general ai into an ml research specialist that actually understands neural architectures
> 
> watch the before/after difference 🧵



### [Jan 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1875047479126974938)

> i'm loving the new [@grok](<https://x.com/grok>) logo - great to see it as the [@xai](<https://x.com/xai>) logo now. honestly, they should drop "Grok" entirely and just call it xAI.
> 
> drop the Grok, xAI is cleaner [@elonmusk](<https://x.com/elonmusk>)



### [Jan 3, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1875042299027313003)

> just added instant context to systemsculpt - right-click any file and start chatting. pdfs, audio, images, even entire folders. handles everything automatically
> 
> day 2/365 ⬇️



### [Jan 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874821767820366262)

> hello [@TheGregYang](<https://x.com/TheGregYang>) \!
> arrow key movement for images throughout a chat, as well as D for Download on the currently opened image, would be amazing adds\!

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### [Jan 2, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874780287319855317)

> it's so cute to see so many people getting into their archlinux + nvim + terminal-only setups. i remember those days fondly 10+ years ago
> 
> and i mean it when i say cute, i love it that it's becoming mainstream now, so much to learn and OH SO FUN



### [Jan 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874464527078797698)

> starting today, building systemsculpt in public. one video every day in 2025, showing you exactly how I'm making ai note-taking and PKM better
> 
> just dropped the first one ⬇️



### [Jan 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874450902431781354)

> if you're using cursor only for coding, you're using it wrong



### [Jan 1, 2025 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874352677708288373)

> Happy New Year\! 🎊🎆 
> 
> May all your New Year’s resolutions continue through successfully throughout the entirety of 2025.



### [Dec 31, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1874103685149843783)

> now that i think of it, Anthropic waiting til after the New Year to release Sonnet 3.7 or whateverthefuck - THAT'S a power move
> 
> "ending as king of 2024, starting as champion of 2025"



### [Dec 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873798029834412127)

> funniest comment i've read this year hands down



Quoted post by Dan Go:

### [Dec 30, 2024 — @CoachDanGo](https://x.com/CoachDanGo/status/1873795259169464812)

> [@bryan\_johnson](<https://x.com/bryan_johnson>) Hash brown because it's almost the end of my 30 one hashbrown a day experiment.



### [Dec 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873788896401907935)

> finally got my hands on devin
> 
> LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



### [Dec 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873671617534156996)

> honestly i'm shocked [@AnthropicAI](<https://x.com/AnthropicAI>) hasn't released anything for an end-of-the-year thing. only 2 days left... [@aidan\_mclau](<https://x.com/aidan_mclau>)



### [Dec 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873587715448459775)

> Unironically, LLMs.
> 
> The speed of iteration pretty much 100x’d. especially with the more sophisticated math models o1/o1 pro.



Quoted post by Ethan Mollick:

### [Dec 29, 2024 — @emollick](https://x.com/emollick/status/1873414436616314964)

> Whats causing the seemingly rapid improvement in humanoid robotics all
> of a sudden?



### [Dec 30, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873586982783435202)

> The funniest part is going to be that they will be so agile, people who will want to knock them over or deface them… won’t be able to
> 
> They’ll be too mobile / self-correcting for any actual damage apart from maybe motor oil + sand + black paint, gunfire, etc (ACTUAL damage)



Quoted post by vittorio:

### [Dec 29, 2024 — @IterIntellectus](https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1873436784857948249)

> i feel like most people are not prepared for millions or even billions of autonomous humanoid robots to start walking around in the next few years 
> things will be very different from what they are today [x.com/dhanushisrad/s…](<https://t.co/c7leFViaK3>)



### [Dec 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873361882431807590)

> i mean, we all understand that the only way to combat this, is to find a cure, right? there's no "regulating" this, or fixing this, you're not "fixing" microplastics
> 
> we can only create some sort of "cleanse" or cure once health detriments become more severe



Quoted post by Maxwell Tabarrok:

### [Dec 27, 2024 — @MTabarrok](https://x.com/MTabarrok/status/1872725857816723527)

> "One Boba Tea equals 1.2 years of safe BPA consumption"

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### [Dec 29, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1873360974671172094)

> the art of mute-blocking:
> do your part, make twitter a better place.



### [Dec 27, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1872631838600270008)

> tldr; openai is restructuring to become a public benefit corp to raise more funding for agi, while boosting the nonprofit's resources for charitable work.
> 
> goal: balance profits, stakeholders, and mission "to ensure agi benefits everyone".
> 
> so we're getting ClosedAI and OpenAI.



Quoted post by OpenAI:

### [Dec 27, 2024 — @OpenAI](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1872628736690123213)

> OpenAI's Board of Directors is evaluating our corporate structure with the goal of making a stronger non-profit supported by the for-profit’s success.
> 
> Our plan would create one of the best-resourced non-profits in history. [openai.com/index/why-our-…](<https://t.co/6GvnMyCQmR>)



### [Dec 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1872272025529839677)

> today we got an open source (nearly) free sonnet 3.6 / o1 level (surpassing them in some instances)
> 
> deepseek v3 finishing off 2024 with a nice loud and long whale call



### [Dec 26, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1872270441500537010)

> zuck yelling at his team rn about deepseek v3

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### [Dec 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1871940334240108548)

> wow, [@warpdotdev](<https://x.com/warpdotdev>)'s new Next Command feature is a HUGE speedup, it's really accurate, even accounts for all of my aliases and randomness in my everyday workflow
> 
> "this is the worst it will ever be" i can't imagine how this feature will blossom in the next updates. 10/10 already



### [Dec 25, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1871924486557311213)

> openai search vs grok search
> and you're still using something other than grok search?
> 
> imagine what grok 3 search is going to be like
> 
> cc [@teortaxesTex](<https://x.com/teortaxesTex>) @TheXeophon [@gengjiawen](<https://x.com/gengjiawen>) [@elonmusk](<https://x.com/elonmusk>)

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### [Dec 23, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1871057500650504293)

> you ever stumble upon a very niche piece of the internet, see unfathomable things going on where people are obsessed about some specific thing, and wonder "how do these people make enough money for them to have so much time to spend arguing about these things?"



### [Dec 22, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870819443116503370)

> this is what o3 is doing rn in case you’re wondering



Quoted post by roon:

### [Sep 9, 2024 — @tszzl](https://x.com/tszzl/status/1833241019736883518)

> my strong belief is that you can scale the most clunky piece of shit algorithm to agi and beyond and then ask it how intelligence actually works and realize you built a massive 40’s style ugly vacuum tube mainframe and the asi patiently explains that transistors exist



### [Dec 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870418873113342069)

> After almost 10 years of not using Reddit, I decided to create an account there today and see if I’ve been missing out on any alpha in my interests
> 
> One word answer: NOPE



### [Dec 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870395378794930540)

> I wonder if OpenAI is using o3 to sift through o3/o3-mini safety testing applications 😂



### [Dec 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870386236189532176)

> Current programming king to this day. 6 months of uncontested domination.

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### [Dec 21, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870326815706755566)

> So now they can use o3 to make o1 as cheap as sonnet 3.6 right? RIGHT?\!



### [Dec 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1870233871704314316)

> This is the scariest tweet I’ve ever read. Good scary, but scary.



Quoted post by Noam Brown:

### [Dec 20, 2024 — @polynoamial](https://x.com/polynoamial/status/1870172996650053653)

> We announced [@OpenAI](<https://x.com/OpenAI>) o1 just 3 months ago. Today, we announced o3. We have every reason to believe this trajectory will continue.

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### [Dec 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869989318216839531)

> GPT 4o = first oh
> GPT 4o mini = second oh
> GPT 4.5 oh = third oh?
> LMAO

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### [Dec 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869957665880698931)

> Ok so finally a Sonnet 3.6 competitor, yay\!



Quoted post by Sam Altman:

### [Dec 20, 2024 — @sama](https://x.com/sama/status/1869957456069300465)

> ho ho ho 🎅
> 
> see you tomorrow



### [Dec 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869930025069244889)

> OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic 
> circa ending of 2024

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### [Dec 20, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869928714508873892)

> they realized that the audience they were pandering to with limitations/restrictions weren't using their releases to begin with



Quoted post by skcd:

### [Dec 19, 2024 — @skcd42](https://x.com/skcd42/status/1869798424440394150)

> what changed with Google. They are literally killing it with the releases



### [Dec 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869750781198618757)

> "judge me not by my youtube recommended slop, but by my x for you page"
> 
> -me



### [Dec 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869738829214789757)

> holy fuck [@XDevelopers](<https://x.com/XDevelopers>) [@elonmusk](<https://x.com/elonmusk>) COOKED with this new For You algo update. it's amazing now, best algo ever, so much alpha on my timeline now from randos (that I now follow\!)



### [Dec 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869698582993080541)

> i'm in a mental dilemma;
> 
> - if openai doesn't release gpt 4.5 or whatever (their response to claude's sonnet 3.6 current dominance), i'm bearish on them
> 
> BUT ALSO
> 
> - if anthropic doesn't release something to outperform o1/an even better sonnet 3.6/opus 3.5, then im bearish too...



### [Dec 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869689033951203444)

> My wife just called LinkedIn, "link it in". And from now on, that's how I'll pronounce it too.



### [Dec 19, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869577549422239850)

> sometimes when I use gpt-4o by mistake, the response feels worse than what I'd have expected back in the gpt-3.5-turbo days



### [Dec 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869358050592842164)

> We still make beautiful things, they’re just so small you need an electron microscope to appreciate their structural beauty



Quoted post by Nadia:

### [Dec 18, 2024 — @thegenesisbl0ck](https://x.com/thegenesisbl0ck/status/1869352989456261322)

> We used to create such beautiful things, now we make rap songs about drugs and pu$$y.

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### [Dec 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869340178344714644)

> yawn... another day where grok [@xai](<https://x.com/xai>) completely mogs chatgpt search

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### [Dec 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869299581814714552)

> The GOAT does it again.



Quoted post by kepano:

### [Dec 17, 2024 — @kepano](https://x.com/kepano/status/1869115963620434369)

> Thanks for reaching out. Do you mind if I share this email on social media to gauge the reaction from our community?

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### [Dec 18, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1869218767978602934)

> Still the case to this day
> 
> I gauge this by which model I use for writing and coding in Cursor (without doing the usage-based pricing BS regarding trying to use o1 models in Cursor)
> 
> So yeah sonnet is still king



Quoted post by Teknium 🪽:

### [Dec 18, 2024 — @Teknium](https://x.com/Teknium/status/1869185134936895689)

> Cant believe OAI has let sonnet 3.5 be the best (not inference scaled, but even that in many areas) model on the market for so long



### [Dec 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1868989639832617022)

> 2025 is the year Google and [@OfficialLoganK](<https://x.com/OfficialLoganK>) brutally mog everyone else



Quoted post by Ruben Villegas:

### [Dec 17, 2024 — @RubenEVillegas](https://x.com/RubenEVillegas/status/1868864410720325844)

> A cat roars while looking at its reflection in the mirror but instead sees itself as a lion roaring [\#veo2](<https://x.com/search?q=%23veo2>)

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### [Dec 17, 2024 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/1868953485464752282)

> the winner of the "native multimodality" wars is going to be the first model that can tap in to the latest web results
> 
> from personal testing the leaders in this space are google obviously, and SURPRISINGLY, grok
> 
> chatgpt's search is 3rd place for me rn



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