Michael Allen

Hi, I’m Mike from Chicagoland. I'm a tech enthusiast and AI lover, I’m passionate about my family, my work, food (ramen, Thai, Indian, BBQ), and hockey.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

@SDembraski Great video, thanks! The Naperville location is 5 minutes from my house so went after work today. Similar impression to you. I have a ‘21 performance that I love but the 3rd row is super desireable. Will likely upgrade.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

@Zephyr_hg Scrape

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

@Zephyr_hg News

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

@antinertia Arcads

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Looks like OpenAI released Deep Research for their GPT Plus plans - excited to check it out and compare to Google's version.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Had a 16-hour flight, so I watched Andrej Karpathy’s "Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT. If you’re curious about how LLMs actually work—pre-training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning—this is a must-watch. Super insightful and easy to follow. https://t.co/eOXMk1JsL0

[Zach Vorhies / Google Whistleblower @Perpetualmaniac]

My god, this paper by that open ai engineer is terrifying.

Everything is about to change.

AI super intelligence by 2027.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

How am I just finding out that Redfin has a redesign with AI function that allows you to take any picture and have an AI designer immediately redesign it? Super cool application… check it out!

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Amazon has spent between $20B & $43B on Alexa & has/had 10,000 people working on it.

It is all obsolete. To the extent that it is completely exceeded by the new Siri powered mostly by a tiny 3B LLM running on a phone.

What happened? This thread suggests organizational issues

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Just read "Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead" by Leopold Aschenbrennerd. Whether you agree with his points or not, it’s definitely a thought-provoking read. Highly recommend checking it out. Here are a few quotes from the essay that made me think....

[Bilawal Sidhu @bilawalsidhu]

Ok I take it back. Apple’s ‘Private Cloud Computing’ actually takes ‘Confidential Computing’ to the next level. It’s SO secure that they can’t even comply with law enforcement requests.

> No data retention (unlike every other cloud provider)
> No privileged access (even Apple SREs can’t see your data even if they wanted to)
> Custom hardware and OS (with Secure Enclave and Secure Boot to reduce attack surface)
> Non targetability (masks user requests so an attacker can’t route them to a compromised server)
> Verifiable Transparency (allows researchers to inspect software images to check assurances + find issues)

Seems like Apple has been working on this well before the GenAI project, presumably for cloud processing of sensitive data off AR glasses.

So barring getting hardware access - in which case RIP no matter if it’s the cloud or your iPhone, Apple has set the new standard for privacy in the cloud.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Great read from an ex-OpenAI employee
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead https://t.co/j2qUCVTBaC

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Here is a photo of my new buddy, "ChaiGPT". It's interesting to note that the AI powered coffee was $2 more expensive than the human version just a few steps away. Worth every penny! It didnt complain about making my triple shot, half-caf, soy latte with extra foam.

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Really enjoyed attending the GenAI Summit last week! AI agents, fine-tuning models, graph-powered RAG, the LLM OS and the use of private data dominated the conversation. Oh, and those robots? I'm one step closer to having my own AI home chef! 😉 #GenAI #AIagents #RAG #AIrobotics

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

#s2000partscatalog

Honda, since you're listening. The S2000 is an amazing car and we need more:
1. New OEM hard tops with seals and and brackets.
2. OEM floor mats
3. OEM Trunk spoiler
4. OEM Soft top replacement
5. OEM Seats

Wouldn't hurt to bring out a new s2000 as well. ;)

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

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[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Proud to be part of the Morningstar team! #morningstar https://t.co/eRLfFXYIBl

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

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[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Pretty awesome! https://t.co/v2dWxdR5zt

[Michael Allen @ByteSizedStuff]

Nothing is ever a temporary thing: :) https://t.co/a07MZ0B2uy