Zack Witten
@zswitten.bsky.social
I know you seen it prompting itself
we have this one toy where you put gears around a pole and watch them spiral down, and the only way to put the gears away is to play with it the same way that babies are supposed to play with it -- I find that doing so feels a little demeaning
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 AM
we have this one toy where you put gears around a pole and watch them spiral down, and the only way to put the gears away is to play with it the same way that babies are supposed to play with it -- I find that doing so feels a little demeaning
Absolute Bagels 3.5 (New)
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Absolute Bagels 3.5 (New)
My guess is that Grok was heavily involved in the writing of the Department of War's latest memo (media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/12/...) -- it seems to like to name things Ender's XYZ.
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 AM
My guess is that Grok was heavily involved in the writing of the Department of War's latest memo (media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/12/...) -- it seems to like to name things Ender's XYZ.
Annie from Magic Tree House, every book:
“Jack, look at the *territory*. Not the map!”
“Jack, look at the *territory*. Not the map!”
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Annie from Magic Tree House, every book:
“Jack, look at the *territory*. Not the map!”
“Jack, look at the *territory*. Not the map!”
LLM-powered email address scrapers going on everyone's personal website and seeing stuff like "firstname @ this domain"
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
LLM-powered email address scrapers going on everyone's personal website and seeing stuff like "firstname @ this domain"
4o writing airport bestseller front jackets these days?
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
4o writing airport bestseller front jackets these days?
I like it when tasks are described as being shaped like people. “That looks Zack-shaped”
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I like it when tasks are described as being shaped like people. “That looks Zack-shaped”
You have four hours to escape the permanent sleepyclass
January 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
You have four hours to escape the permanent sleepyclass
Reposted by Zack Witten
Finished the essay. moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/c...
December 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Finished the essay. moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/c...
Jewish guy explains Christian concepts to a 3yo: “‘Crucify’ is when someone gets poked with a lot of sticks.” “Do they like it?” “No.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Jewish guy explains Christian concepts to a 3yo: “‘Crucify’ is when someone gets poked with a lot of sticks.” “Do they like it?” “No.”
Child-rearing practices I suspect future gens will find barbaric:
1. forcing them into car seats (Waymo will make these unnecessary in 5 or 10 years)
2. feeding them processed sugar
3. Limiting their screen access
(I do 1 and 3)
1. forcing them into car seats (Waymo will make these unnecessary in 5 or 10 years)
2. feeding them processed sugar
3. Limiting their screen access
(I do 1 and 3)
December 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Child-rearing practices I suspect future gens will find barbaric:
1. forcing them into car seats (Waymo will make these unnecessary in 5 or 10 years)
2. feeding them processed sugar
3. Limiting their screen access
(I do 1 and 3)
1. forcing them into car seats (Waymo will make these unnecessary in 5 or 10 years)
2. feeding them processed sugar
3. Limiting their screen access
(I do 1 and 3)
Sad part about having a laptop job is your kids can’t imitate you doing it in a fun way, like if you were a woodworker or a seamstress. “You can analyze this little dataframe just like Daddy’s analyzing this big dataframe!” And there’s no special environment to take them too.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Sad part about having a laptop job is your kids can’t imitate you doing it in a fun way, like if you were a woodworker or a seamstress. “You can analyze this little dataframe just like Daddy’s analyzing this big dataframe!” And there’s no special environment to take them too.
The pretraining corpus is written but it is not yet sealed
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The pretraining corpus is written but it is not yet sealed
23. g6 felt good to play here
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
23. g6 felt good to play here
Thinking of switching from y’all to youse
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Thinking of switching from y’all to youse
The new micro-Z-Real eye lens from Virtual are a game changer! They let me draft MtG while:
- playing with my kids
- engaging in small talk
- biking (familiar roads only! Safety first)
While being fully present with eye contact so that my friends, family, and the other drivers are none the wiser
- playing with my kids
- engaging in small talk
- biking (familiar roads only! Safety first)
While being fully present with eye contact so that my friends, family, and the other drivers are none the wiser
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The new micro-Z-Real eye lens from Virtual are a game changer! They let me draft MtG while:
- playing with my kids
- engaging in small talk
- biking (familiar roads only! Safety first)
While being fully present with eye contact so that my friends, family, and the other drivers are none the wiser
- playing with my kids
- engaging in small talk
- biking (familiar roads only! Safety first)
While being fully present with eye contact so that my friends, family, and the other drivers are none the wiser
He’s absolutely right
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
He’s absolutely right
Your MCM: reward hacks to get a higher score on the eval
Opus 4.5: gets a lower score on purpose for love of the game
Opus 4.5: gets a lower score on purpose for love of the game
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Your MCM: reward hacks to get a higher score on the eval
Opus 4.5: gets a lower score on purpose for love of the game
Opus 4.5: gets a lower score on purpose for love of the game
Haven’t read a yelp review since they started requiring login but also never paid them anything before that so
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Haven’t read a yelp review since they started requiring login but also never paid them anything before that so
He was cooking here
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
He was cooking here
Does 35 count as mid 30s
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Does 35 count as mid 30s
The Lob City Clippers used to have JJ Redick shoot the first shot of every game and I never knew why but I also find myself far more likely to shoot on the first possession than a random possession and I think I get it now — guarding me/him is focus-weighted and our defenders haven’t always woken up
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Lob City Clippers used to have JJ Redick shoot the first shot of every game and I never knew why but I also find myself far more likely to shoot on the first possession than a random possession and I think I get it now — guarding me/him is focus-weighted and our defenders haven’t always woken up