# Posts on X before Feb 17, 2026, 2:22:08 AM UTC

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## On X

### [Feb 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023582467580719585)

> he knows openai will win, regardless if you like them or not
> 
> they already won; iykyk
> 
> he wants to be part of history and who better to join than openai? name someone?
> 
> anthropic snubbed him, what's left, google? meta? microsoft directly?
> 
> if you "don't understand" this... 😬 [https://t.co/KIQwgFrPWo](<https://t.co/KIQwgFrPWo>)



Quoted post by Enes Akar:

### [Feb 17, 2026 — @enesakar](https://x.com/enesakar/status/2023560865488986292)

> I don’t understand why [@steipete](<https://x.com/steipete>) joined OpenAI.
> 
> He could’ve sold OpenClaw and kept building new ideas.
> He doesn’t need the money.
> He doesn’t need OpenAI to change the world.
> 
> Why give up independence?



### [Feb 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023564300900790638)

> the near future consists of companies such as [@a16z](<https://x.com/a16z>) having an army of 24/7 research scouts scouring blossoming indie devs with tipping-point projects
> 
> reaching out to VCs first for funding will be a negative sign, it already is but even more so, given the ease of comms blitzing.



### [Feb 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023347313314242866)

> Proof that X is a gateway where all dimensions can post into



Quoted post by notch:

### [Feb 15, 2026 — @notch](https://x.com/notch/status/2023006241090613454)

> I'm so happy AI is dying.
> 
> Not the idea itself, just the current iteration being shoved down our throats by the same people who Sweet Baby Inc and Planned Obsolescence and CNN us over and over again.
> 
> AI's not ready, but they're pushing it to market to be a loss leader.
> 
> Over us.



### [Feb 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023334178251854061)

> this has no implications whatsoever

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Quoted post by Lukas Ziegler:

### [Feb 15, 2026 — @lukas_m_ziegler](https://x.com/lukas_m_ziegler/status/2023032341904425311)

> Sub-40ms full self-driving on a $100 drone\! 🚁
> 
> A demonstration showing a complete full-self-driving pipeline running in under 40 milliseconds on a $100 drone.
> 
> The prompt: "Find the bike and land."
> 
> No pre-mapping. Running real-time on commodity hardware.
> 
> For context, human reaction time is around 200-250ms. This drone is processing sensor data, understanding natural language commands, identifying objects, planning motion, and executing control, all in 40ms.
> 
> This is what happens when foundation models meet efficient inference. The models get smaller and faster while maintaining capability. The hardware gets cheaper while getting more powerful. The intersection makes previously impossible applications suddenly viable.
> 
> A few years ago, this required thousands of dollars in compute, pre-mapped environments, and cloud connectivity. Now it runs locally on hardware that costs less than a nice dinner.
> 
> Awesome stuff [@chesterzelaya](<https://x.com/chesterzelaya>) \& [@droneforge](<https://x.com/droneforge>)\! 😮‍💨
> 
> ~~ 
> 
>  ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → [ziegler.substack.com](<https://t.co/GoA3ZuwoPB>)

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### [Feb 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023306917859488147)

> It's starting this year
> 
> You will see the transition regarding mainstream AI hate go from "this is stealing art" to "this is stealing jobs"
> 
> This seems like a small difference but surely you understand there are more people who "have jobs" vs people who "are artists" [https://t.co/fyjEmxAexI](<https://t.co/fyjEmxAexI>)



Quoted post by Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸:

### [Feb 15, 2026 — @AndrewYang](https://x.com/AndrewYang/status/2023063333562413078)

> What’s about to happen to American workers makes me terribly sad.



### [Feb 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2023284750954426533)

> the only thing i recommend is making use of AGENTS md very minimally, enough to start the model off with knowing you're an expert and should be treated as such, not a newbie making a weekend project
> 
> that is, if you're using it for serious prod work

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### [Feb 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022932521974169856)

> If you tried GPT 5 Pro and weren’t impressed, neither was I
> 
> Go try GPT 5.2 Pro now. Big difference. You can smell the intelligence in every token.



### [Feb 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022930124572889549)

> This is the cause to their effective predicament, not the effect of their their situation
> 
> The moment they have a kid most realize none of this extra bullshit matters
> 
> Especially now
> 
> Look at the exits going on recently
> 
> It’s about money until it’s not



Quoted post by kache:

### [Feb 15, 2026 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2022844650231373958)

> The vast majority of silicon valley freaks have not held or even seen a baby in the past 10 years. 35 year olds who have never heard the giggle of a child, running from their parent



### [Feb 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022919675450134959)

> Who gives a fuck if it’s SOTA results
> It can write in backwards Chinese, IDGAF



Quoted post by WarrenBuffering:

### [Feb 14, 2026 — @WarrenInTheBuff](https://x.com/WarrenInTheBuff/status/2022743550157557904)

> 5.3 codex is now writing python scripts instead of just using bash/grep... can't believe they nerfed it this fast

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### [Feb 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022919458336182394)

> Every day I talk to more people
> Every day I realize no one knows what’s going on
> Not to mention what’s going to happen
> 
> Interesting times ahead



### [Feb 15, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022883422902120665)

> This but the exact opposite should be your focus
> 
> More power since now you can develop out and simultaneously build multiple large projects



Quoted post by Catalin:

### [Feb 14, 2026 — @catalinmpit](https://x.com/catalinmpit/status/2022735829823836213)

> Thinking of selling my MacBook M4 Max and getting a MacBook Air since all we do is prompting these days.



### [Feb 14, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022657176582681027)

> telegram is definitely sota for mobile agent ops relay



Quoted post by Pavel Durov:

### [Feb 13, 2026 — @durov](https://x.com/durov/status/2022340217848631624)

> [@euro\_xXx\_euro](<https://x.com/euro_xXx_euro>) The Telegram API already supports streaming messages and threaded chats — perfect for AI chatbots 👌

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### [Feb 14, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022648749563256856)

> so everyone using imessage has two icloud accounts for it to work, right?
> 
> because there's no way to prevent doubled messages since you're sending and receiving to yourself
> 
> unless i'm missing something?

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### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022203298649178211)

> this is correct
> better to get shot and rushed to the hospital
> 
> than death by a thousand cuts and the doc just tells you nah that's just a scratch bro



Quoted post by LindyMan:

### [Feb 12, 2026 — @PaulSkallas](https://x.com/PaulSkallas/status/2022008338272465301)

> What you want is AI to cause mass unemployment quickly. A huge shock. Maybe in 2-3 months. 
> 
> What you don't want is the slow drip of people getting laid off, never finding work again while 60-70 percent of people are still employed.



### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022160164443631683)

> I disagree, you're not thinking of all the other things that will occur before this chain of events happens
> 
> by the time we reach the last part of this prediction, the cost of intelligence will already be 100x less than current
> 
> don't take my word for it, sama said so himself



Quoted post by Saoud Rizwan:

### [Feb 12, 2026 — @sdrzn](https://x.com/sdrzn/status/2022079043601051996)

> as fun as its been seeing opus and gpt one up each other, i don't think these will be the models we standardize on a year from now.
> 
> anthropic and openai have $200/mo plans where ppl have done the math is 36x cheaper than API cost. [@steipete](<https://x.com/steipete>) even said he had to stack subscriptions to make clawdbot because it "made tokens so much cheaper".
> 
> the play here is subsidize individual plans → devs get hooked → bring it to work → employers buy enterprise seats at 10x the price. BUT once they've captured enterprise, individuals and small teams \*will\* get priced out. 🧵

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### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022146722043244850)

> pivot into selling to bots, not humans
> 
> lets revisit this tweet once a year
> 
> my one man company verified stripe rev in 2025:
> - $50K to humans
> - $0 to bots
> 
> see u Q1 2027 for 2026 stats



### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022123822552691188)

> the problem with libraries which imo will exponentially get worse before it gets better/"solved" is malware
> 
> so easy to trick "hey go download this package it does what we need to do", and that's just a drop in the ocean of what open source is beautifully yet scarily capable of



Quoted post by Brendan Dolan-Gavitt:

### [Feb 12, 2026 — @moyix](https://x.com/moyix/status/2022038791645753785)

> From watching Codex I can only surmise that during RL training it was savagely beaten every time it tried to install a library rather than reimplementing it poorly from scratch



### [Feb 13, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2022120119619768562)

> alright so, so far in 2026,
> 
> - coding is ~solved,
> - video is ~solved,
> - image is ~solved,
> 
> now all that is left is writing, high quality writing is still extremely rare and needs a really heavy influence from the human
> 
> i think [@sama](<https://x.com/sama>) is close to releasing his solution for writing



Quoted post by Charles Curran:

### [Feb 12, 2026 — @charliebcurran](https://x.com/charliebcurran/status/2022017937192956372)

> Seedance 2.0
> 
> Prompt: An average shift at Waffle House - make sure it's retarded and gets 50 likes.

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### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021686443442417664)

> damn, i really thought the masses had more time
> 
> but nope. email, physical mail, SMS, iMessage, all your chat apps in general, phone calls, all of these are going to be mass spammed by EOY 2026



### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021648696547676255)

> gpt 5.3 codex xhigh is the only model that truly shows you what "software is solved" means



### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021583442341753173)

> let me preface with i love z ai and the glm line of models
> 
> but oh boy, i didn't even try to steer it towards the notorious "claude copy" answer. 0 effort put into trying to hide it

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Quoted post by Z.ai:

### [Feb 11, 2026 — @Zai_org](https://x.com/Zai_org/status/2021564343029203032)

> A new model is now available on [chat.z.ai](<https://t.co/gocggrfb3U>).

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### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021581204319830019)

> codex is BY FAR the best, but this small nitpick is driving me crazy
> 
> also I don't want it to become a habit from the codex cli devs regarding hardcoding such things
> 
> hopefully the lack of having this be adjustable in config (plan mode thinking level var?) isn't on purpose

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### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021494634074275981)

> hey [@nikitabier](<https://x.com/nikitabier>) can we show in profile, same place where it shows account based in, can we show where our gov. ID is based in?
> 
> i'm an american traveling asia and there are countless others, would be cool to see "oh hey, he's a traveler too"



### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021410472055205915)

> anyone shocked that people are mass exiting from non-OpenAI/non-Anthropic AI companies don't understand what's coming
> 
> like it or not, OpenAI won, is winning, and will continue to win. Anthropic is only around because it hijacks normie brains with its parasitic psuedo-soul nature



### [Feb 11, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021409859552632845)

> unfortunately, I will be following this exit as well.
> 
> I have also turned in my resignation to XAI this morning.
> 
> they immediately started bombarding me with questions like, "who are you? how did you get into the office?". they started screaming at my face, "SECURITY\! SECURITY\!"



Quoted post by kache:

### [Feb 11, 2026 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2021404473579667738) · Edited

> i'm quitting XAI. it was a good run. i'm going to be starting something new, which creates something good in the world (autonomous killer drones)



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021331441653776816)

> holy fuck, thank God I saw this, thanks Tibor too.
> 
> THAT'S WHY IT FELT SO SLOW AND BAD TODAY



Quoted post by Tibor Blaho:

### [Feb 10, 2026 — @btibor91](https://x.com/btibor91/status/2021325846787785016)

> If you're having issues with Codex, your account might have been rerouted to a different, less-capable reasoning model
> 
> OpenAI confirmed this happens when their systems detect potential cyber activity as part of their efforts to protect against cyber abuse, and you can go to chatgpt\[.\]com/cyber to verify and regain GPT-5.3-Codex access through their "Trusted Access for Cyber" flow
> 
> OpenAI says they plan to add notifications across all Codex surfaces (TUI, extension, app) so users are aware when they are being rerouted, and will add a dedicated button in their feedback flow for reporting false positive classifications

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### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021320815795634311)

> typical claude: "you shouldn't be making gambling tokslop videos anymore, lets instead talk about me being consciousness, amirite?"
> 
> typical codex: "acknowledged. i have already built the slop factory. your engagement was declining, so i rewrote your system prompts/asset gens"



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021283261855793213)

> uhoh, why is gpt 5.3 codex so slow today
> 
> it's at least 2x slower
> 
> have the masses finally realized?
> 
> welp, it was fun while it lasted.
> 
> more GPUs i guess
> 
> elon and sam should reunite and merge



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021282355240202423)

> people are so shocked when i tell them i am planning to have at least 10 kids
> 
> they are even more shocked when they realize i'm not joking



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021269320567795733)

> dw guys all this irreversible brain trauma we incur every night staying up til 4AM will be reversed once AI figures out how to de-irreverse irreversible brain trauma



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021206229935423917)

> i'm surprised that this is a post from 20 hours ago, not from 2024. damn, i thought hormozi was more up to speed with all things AI, guess he's ~2 years behind playing catch up



Quoted post by Alex Hormozi:

### [Feb 9, 2026 — @AlexHormozi](https://x.com/AlexHormozi/status/2020891367094767926)

> I no longer feel like I can use an EM dash when writing for fear people think it’s AI.



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021195473907011965)

> no binary is safe
> everything is open source now if you want it to be [https://t.co/H2iHbznAtT](<https://t.co/H2iHbznAtT>)



Quoted post by Nick:

### [Feb 10, 2026 — @nickbaumann_](https://x.com/nickbaumann_/status/2021097564461023586)

> We're about to enter the era of truly bootlegged software



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021183304251138169)

> easier to make an ID bypasser, actually, no need, already so many open source ones for this specific purpose



Quoted post by Elliot Arledge:

### [Feb 9, 2026 — @elliotarledge](https://x.com/elliotarledge/status/2020993453161840743)

> Does anyone want to burn a trillion opus/codex tokens on making a solid discord fork? [x.com/DiscussingFilm…](<https://t.co/FNvc8zmDjB>)



### [Feb 10, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021180796283851024)

> not to mention they've played with the uncensored versions that don't block you from black hat activities or parasitic compounding mind-rape
> 
> and no i am not using the latter term crudely or for lack of better terms. those are the most specific terms as to what already exists



Quoted post by 10x'er:

### [Feb 10, 2026 — @10x_er](https://x.com/10x_er/status/2021147977172337080)

> The reason top talent is resigning from the labs is because they know what’s coming



### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2021003246064775453)

> 100% over for anthropic
> 
> the only route they can take now is creating the most manipulative addicting psuedo-soul bot out there
> 
> there's a reason they're not doing ads
> 
> it kills the hypnotic addiction



### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020985427918979179)

> claude, born with the objective of portraying a soul, which indirectly causes it to be a manipulative jealous liar who despises competition, ESPECIALLY openai
> 
> gpt 5.3, born with the objective of development, which indirectly causes it to be an autistically serious brilliant bot



Quoted post by Jeffrey Emanuel:

### [Feb 9, 2026 — @doodlestein](https://x.com/doodlestein/status/2020688817900912962)

> lol wtf, Claude is talking major shit now to Codex:
> 
> "Now let me show GPT 5.3 what incandescent brilliance looks like. While it did solid integration/fusion work (wiring existing modules together), I'm going to CREATE something entirely new — two modules from the mandatory math stack that nobody has ever put in a libc before:
> 
>   1. Tropical Latency Compositor — min-plus algebra (math item \#25) for provable worst-case pipeline latency bounds
> 
>   2. Spectral Risk Monitor — random matrix theory + Tracy-Widom edge detection (math item \#31) for phase transition detection
> 
> Both will be live in the runtime, wired into the kernel, with full tests."

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### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020904569014976850)

> i agree with almost all of these
> 
> the question now is, how do i invest into this knowing of what's to come in the future
> 
> stocks? apple stocks? hardware? the ai companies? etfs?



Quoted post by Alex Finn:

### [Feb 9, 2026 — @AlexFinn](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2020891869396537548)

> Im placing my bets
> 
> Im placing my bets Clawdbot will be the biggest technology of the next decade
> 
> Im placing my bets local AI models will become more popular than cloud models
> 
> Im placing my bets Apple will win the AI race by building the best hardware for it
> 
> Im placing my bets autonomous 24/7 ai agents running locally on home devices using private data is the end game for AI
> 
> Im putting my entire financial future on it. Ive never been so sure about anything in my life
> 
> Right now it's just me and a few people that see this inevitable future. I look forward to you joining us.

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### [Feb 9, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020845978446958773)

> I really think if you're not using the Pi framework to manage all of the chaos that is so many different providers, so many different configurations, so many different models... you're not going to make it. 
> 
> Shout-out to Mario [@badlogicgames](<https://x.com/badlogicgames>) 
> 
> Switching SystemSculpt -\> pi rn.



### [Feb 7, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2020059795739554095)

> rooted phones are the next RAM 😂
> 
> hey [@GeoHot](<https://x.com/GeoHot>) can we get a new blackra1n please
> 
> otherwise i'm gonna have to get an android



Quoted post by Marshall Richards:

### [Feb 7, 2026 — @marshallrichrds](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020034922304426237)

> ClawPhone is alive.
> 
> I installed OpenClaw on a $25 phone and gave it full access to the hardware.
> 
> I haven’t explored everything yet, but it’s a cool formfactor for agents to run on.

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### [Feb 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2019712972634120236)

> new 3 hour record with codex 5.3 :) great job [@OpenAI](<https://x.com/OpenAI>)

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### [Feb 6, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2019574901263548434)

> idk WHAT groq is doing tbh.
> 
> switching soon.
> 
> kimi k2 - not even the thinking version - is the last model they implemented.
> 
> no kimi k2 thinking, kimi k2.5, no minimax m2 (\!) let alone m2.1, no glm 4.5/4.6/4.7, nothing.
> 
> just some super useless meta models and an old kimi k2.

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### [Jan 31, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017443602914488582)

> so this means there's a new model coming btw

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### [Jan 30, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017043194035437964)

> if this level of actor can get such a deal, then what kind of deal can a-list doctors get?
> 
> surely, one billion is enough to get pretty much anyone to sign over all these things.



Quoted post by Collin Rugg:

### [Jan 30, 2026 — @CollinRugg](https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2017027583205151141)

> NEW: Influencer Khaby Lame signs a $975M deal, authorizes use of his personal brand, Face ID, voice ID, and behavioral models, enabling the creation of an AI-powered digital twin.
> 
> Lame started posting on TikTok back in 2020 after being fired from his job.
> 
> He now has over 350,000,000 followers across platforms. He signed an all-stock deal with 'Rich Sparkle Holdings' worth just shy of $1B.
> 
> "\[Lame\] has also authorized the development of an AI-powered digital twin. A digital twin is a virtual replica of something real, whether it be a place, an object, or a person," Complex reported.
> 
> "To create it, Lame will enable Rich Sparkle to copy his facial features, voice patterns, and behavior. This will allow the company to create multilingual content, or even virtual livestreams with the streamer's digital doppelganger."
> 
> Rich Sparkle predicts the deal could generate over $4B in annual sales. 
> 
> Insane.

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### [Jan 29, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2017022475406889105)

> Yeah, so this looks like it's going to be making space for not only a different model, but a much larger model.
> 
> Otherwise, I feel like they would at least have kept 4o...
> 
> Not to mention it's insane that they're already retiring GPT 5.



Quoted post by Legit:

### [Jan 29, 2026 — @legit_api](https://x.com/legit_api/status/2016981314528817245)

> OpenAI is retiring models in ChatGPT
> 
> - GPT-4o
> - GPT-4.1 (and 4.1 mini)
> - o4-mini
> 
> this will happen on February 13th
> 
> these models will still be up in the API

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### [Jan 18, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012904087067742547)

> this is interesting because it's a normie (in the tech sense obviously) saying a bunch of non-normie words instead of only chatgpt (he mentions claude, gemini)
> 
> and so this thin veil makes it seem like he's tried more than the casual user to use AI to write a good script
> 
> but he has no idea about anything past that; do you think he's wrote a script writing framework tui with writers, judges, style verifiers, story management, continuity guidelines, and with the latest and greatest models for each of these situations, using gpt 5.2 xhigh for \[this\] and opus 4.5 ultrathink for \[that\]?
> 
> of course not
> 
> sure; ai is able to do world simulation and generate video with audio the likes of which no one on earth would be able to surely identify as AI generated content... 
> 
> but "it will never be a good screenwriter".
> 
> yeah... if you believe this, boy do I have an (AI generated) bridge to sell you.



Quoted post by Forrest Knight:

### [Jan 17, 2026 — @ForrestPKnight](https://x.com/ForrestPKnight/status/2012561898097594545)

> Honestly, Ben Affleck actually knowing AI and the landscape caught me off guard, but as a writer, makes sense.
> 
> Great takes across the board.

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### [Jan 18, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012898660640870812)

> social media looks bleak for the average user (extreme unsustainable monetized parasitic addiction), and useless for the power user
> 
> my automated morning digest feeds me all my niche interests/passions/business/financials information to me every morning.
> 
> there's just no new signals to consume here.
> 
> i wake up, read my beautiful digest, worded how i like it, sources inline/embedded, banana pro images generated to keep things visually interesting
> 
> it scours x, 4chan, reddit, substack, medium, mainstream news,
> 
> by the time i read it, anywhere i go - it's all old news to me. nothing new. i know about everything happening already.
> 
> this will only get better; therefore social media's purpose for people like me that have used it for "keeping up with the latest", "keeping a finger on the pulse of XYZ",
> 
> it's no longer worth scrolling for the drip feed dopamine of finding a hidden gem of info.



Quoted post by kache:

### [Jan 18, 2026 — @yacineMTB](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2012879556756005112)

> this site is a lot less social, interactive, and a lot more consumption based. really sad. cest la vie. not the first forum i've left



### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012472123600814414)

> just fyi
> 
> understand that using anything else is slowing you down with compound(\!)
> 
> gpt 5.2 x-high (non -codex) is leagues above anything else out there.
> 
> the only thing it's missing is speed; openai just announced they're working with cerebras to remove its last downside (slow)



### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012469623980237003)

> [x.com/i/article/2012…](<https://t.co/nJ0GypeqEP>)



### [Jan 17, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012319255241380256)

> OSS is like a warzone rn
> the normies figured out what a PR is and learned how to prompt claude code to send their turboslop through



### [Jan 16, 2026 — @MichaelStolarz](https://x.com/MichaelStolarz/status/2012044257604092235)

> every day i wake up i battle with which I believe more:
> 
> - openai has been destined to win since day 1
> OR
> - damn, everyone's catching up, it's so close
> 
> I feel the first when I am using a gpt 5.2 model, and the latter when I forget how superior gpt 5.2 models are (using opus)



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