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should large language models refer to themselves using first person pronouns? i just came across a tweet by uncle bob from 2 days ago arguing that this shouldn’t be allowed. while i agree in principle, i believe we are way past the rubicon now. very quickly, amidst the ai

taboo

around age 11, i discovered that touching myself in certain ways produced really pleasurable sensations. being the curious kid with internet access, i did what came naturally - research. i went online, read articles, found studies, and discovered this thing i was doing had a name: masturbation. even better, the

On speed vs quality

We were discussing product delivery in a meeting earlier today where Shola, my cofounder, touched on something interesting about speed versus quality - that classic argument about tradeoffs in project execution. His take was fundamentally different, and it got me thinking. This is it, paraphrased. Quality is inherent. Speed is

gratitude, interrupted

my first program was written in a notebook. i had just finished reading a thick-ass textbook on qbasic and had an idea for a game. when i was “done”, the code spanned multiple pages. i did not have a computer at home but thankfully, we had a computer lab in

lowercase

growing up, i only paid attention to proper casing when creating documents or writing an email. for instant messaging, i used all lowercase. then smartphones took off and autocapitalization made it something to not worry about… until i realized i probably didn’t want to give away what device i’

my locs are back

on june 9 2020, i cut my locs. it was peak lockdown season and people worldwide were forced to introspect and make big life decisions. for a lot of people, this meant cutting their hair, for others, it was learning to make banana bread, but i digress. my loc journey