William Gunn
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I see your roasted brussels and raise you roasted brussels with pomegranate seeds and feta in a pistachio vinaigrette.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I see your roasted brussels and raise you roasted brussels with pomegranate seeds and feta in a pistachio vinaigrette.
They didn't even use a current model. More recent ones do a lot better.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They didn't even use a current model. More recent ones do a lot better.
The most underutilized feature
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The most underutilized feature
Whatever happens, a16z owns it and I hope people don't forget.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Whatever happens, a16z owns it and I hope people don't forget.
Layoffs are contagious. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/a...
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Layoffs are contagious. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/a...
What's a guy gotta do to get some frickin sharks with laser beams around here? lite.cnn.com/2025/10/23/b...
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What's a guy gotta do to get some frickin sharks with laser beams around here? lite.cnn.com/2025/10/23/b...
Mimetic isomorphism is the last refuge of the ...
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mimetic isomorphism is the last refuge of the ...
This chart has been making the rounds, so let's talk about what opinion polling is for. Imagine you're a legislator and you're considering which legislation to support. You'll have lots of expert advice from various groups, but that's not enough. You also want to know what your constituents think.
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This chart has been making the rounds, so let's talk about what opinion polling is for. Imagine you're a legislator and you're considering which legislation to support. You'll have lots of expert advice from various groups, but that's not enough. You also want to know what your constituents think.
Tactics as subtle as a heart attack.
September 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Tactics as subtle as a heart attack.
Two whole days ago, I made a bunch of lame jokes on Twitter based on the title of the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies", a book laying out the case for not building super-intelligent AI. No one, NOT ONE SOLITARY SOUL, even tried to top my lameness. That's how dead it is there.
September 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Two whole days ago, I made a bunch of lame jokes on Twitter based on the title of the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies", a book laying out the case for not building super-intelligent AI. No one, NOT ONE SOLITARY SOUL, even tried to top my lameness. That's how dead it is there.
It's a very this kind of day on social media today. Please keep making good points. No matter how many awful opinions you've expressed in the past, or even if you're not sincere now, making a good point deserves credit and encouragement, even though it doesn't fix the past.
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It's a very this kind of day on social media today. Please keep making good points. No matter how many awful opinions you've expressed in the past, or even if you're not sincere now, making a good point deserves credit and encouragement, even though it doesn't fix the past.
I suspect two things mediate the effect here:
1. People in general have bad taste in sources.
2. LLMs are seen as neutral and not outgroup.
Of course, actively searching at all vs just accepting what's pushed at you is going to have an effect.
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05219
1. People in general have bad taste in sources.
2. LLMs are seen as neutral and not outgroup.
Of course, actively searching at all vs just accepting what's pushed at you is going to have an effect.
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05219
September 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I suspect two things mediate the effect here:
1. People in general have bad taste in sources.
2. LLMs are seen as neutral and not outgroup.
Of course, actively searching at all vs just accepting what's pushed at you is going to have an effect.
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05219
1. People in general have bad taste in sources.
2. LLMs are seen as neutral and not outgroup.
Of course, actively searching at all vs just accepting what's pushed at you is going to have an effect.
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.05219
I have some good ones.
September 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I have some good ones.
Given the gag order, the only information we're getting is from resignation emails, and the picture it paints is not just disagreement on scientific questions, but on basic organizational operations. 😬 lite.cnn.com/2025/08/27/h...
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Given the gag order, the only information we're getting is from resignation emails, and the picture it paints is not just disagreement on scientific questions, but on basic organizational operations. 😬 lite.cnn.com/2025/08/27/h...
This quote is just bonkers. 👀 forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/AcPw55...
August 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This quote is just bonkers. 👀 forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/AcPw55...
It's laudable that they finally addressed the fine-tuning safety issue with open weights models. Let's see how it holds.
August 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's laudable that they finally addressed the fine-tuning safety issue with open weights models. Let's see how it holds.
Via Harlan Stewart, "this is how some of you sound":
July 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Via Harlan Stewart, "this is how some of you sound":
Every few months I run this search and it never fails:
July 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Every few months I run this search and it never fails:
Scene from the new Wes Anderson movie just leaked: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Scene from the new Wes Anderson movie just leaked: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Last line of defense: www.marinij.com/2025/07/17/c...
July 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Last line of defense: www.marinij.com/2025/07/17/c...
Looks like it's getting better.
July 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looks like it's getting better.
Every few months, an article about this comes out and I go to @hf.co and run a search. Despite their claims to have cleaned it up every time ... I mean, at this point, HF, stop pretending and own it. You host nudifiers and you will continue until someone makes you stop.
July 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Every few months, an article about this comes out and I go to @hf.co and run a search. Despite their claims to have cleaned it up every time ... I mean, at this point, HF, stop pretending and own it. You host nudifiers and you will continue until someone makes you stop.