Ian Sefferman

Every once in a while I still get hit over the head and realize programming will never be the same. Instead of writing deterministic code with strong backgrounds in algorithms, it’s going to be who makes the AI feel better about itself and willing to answer queries better.

If we really do take control of Gaza, we should build a technology corridor there and work with Israel to have a totally open border for trade and work, so that we can have Israelis working “in the US” on technology from Israel with no restrictions or red tape whatsoever.

People can’t seem to just be normal. We can hire based on merit and teach history at the same time.

New Lock Screen. Name that movie.

Remember what happened after Trump disbanded the Global Health Security and Biodefense team?

Attention is all you need. (also… wtf is wrong with these people)

I’m worried the dog has a problem.

What can I say, Sarahs love me on this app.

s/13yo/college/ s/debian/macos/

i wonder if zuck listens to the social network soundtrack when he codes?

First ride in a Waymo was impressive in how unimpressive and normal the ride was.

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Interesting to think about the difficulty in creating *good* evals.

Very interesting. Makes me think FHIR should be extended to clinical guidelines for interoperability.

While MoCA is the standard, it’s still not very good. But this is objectively hilarious.

Oregon v Ohio State on New Year's Day at the Rose Bowl is oddly familiar. Oregon v Ohio State, both Big Ten teams, playing in the CFP quarterfinals is oddly different.

Absolutely your #ai read of the week huggingface.co/spaces/Huggi...

To deploy at 5:10p on a Friday, or not to deploy at 5:10p on a Friday? *That* is the question.

hooboy, here we go! let's see how fast the costs can come down now.

the rate of ai progress is incredible. “oh, that doesn't work with this model? just wait 3 months for the next model.”

As LLMs/AI continue to improve at math and reasoning, I'm excited for them to be used to real-time fact-check scientific studies. I suspect there are far more errors in papers than we expect. arstechnica.com/health/2024/...

Startup hilarity: Us: how many members do you have? Them: about half a million. (the next week) Us: remind us, how many members do you have? Them: about a million. (the next day) Us: so those million... is that currently enrolled? Them: oh no. We have 10 currently enrolled.

Case in point: It will never not amaze me that Stripe built a $100b business bc they simply had a better API and developer experience than anyone else.

this is so good. so so good.

Nice to see Goodbill listed in BI's 10 Startups Using AI to Disrupt Healthcare Payments. Lots of work to be done. We're steadfast in our mission to reduce hospital bill costs in this country and are chipping away at the problem a little bit at a time. www.businessinsider.com/startups-usi...

It never fails to amaze me how big a business it is to just be a salesperson for another cos product. www.wsj.com/business/dea...

My most favorite feature of using AI to write code is learning new methods and tricks. My least favorite feature of using AI to write code is finding out those methods and tricks don't work.

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Once again, Spotify subtly shames my music choices. Every. Single. Year. #spotifywrapped

updated my bio. follow and reach out if you’re also into any of these things!

Saw this quote and it spoke to me deeply.

Hit 100 followers. Thanks for the support. One thing I like about Bsky is not worrying too much about what I’m posting. So expect a wide range of topics: * AI applications * Ruby/Rails * Judaism * Umich sports * Detroit * startups * bird dogs * fatherhood * Yellowstone * fly fishing

When will American healthcare join?

if there’s one thing meta is extremely good at, it’s knowing when to innovate and when to copy. they are ruthless in competition. it is as impressive as it is scary.

snapshots of my feeds right now: bsky: 1. ai 2. code 3. building 4. founders 5. ai bird app: 1. elon 2. judaism 3. trump 4. elon 5. elon what a difference

updated my handle to my own domain. fun! @iseff.com

i was extremely early to fb (user id 69 on school number 12 or so), super early to Twitter (user ID 5500), early to Threads (first few hours), but relatively late to bsky. iow: tell me you're in your 40s without telling me you're in your 40s.

AI doesn't always like its own code suggestion. 🤣

mine isn't as moody, but light and bright.