Dan Dascalescu

Consultant @AnthropicAI. Formerly at Google and Yahoo!. Founded @QSforum and @BlueseedProject. Nomad into longevity, emergent tech, improv, acro yoga, 🏋️, EDM

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@kilocode It struggles mightily to follow even the basic system prompt from @zeddotdev on tool execution, and fails more than half the time, even after admitting that it violated Zed's instructions.

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@argenistherose Indeed! BTW your Twitter badge at https://t.co/WGN6svimUx points to a defunct X account

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

A Visual Thought Partner

ChatGPT Images 2.0 is our first image model with thinking capabilities.

When a thinking model is selected in ChatGPT, Images 2.0 can search the web for real-time information, create multiple distinct images from one prompt, double-check its own outputs, and even create functional QR codes.

This allows it to take on more of the heavy lifting between idea and image, especially when accuracy, up-to-date information, consistency, and visual cohesion matter most.

[Naval @naval]

No one can compete with you on being you.

Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

It is hard to communicate how much programming has changed due to AI in the last 2 months: not gradually and over time in the "progress as usual" way, but specifically this last December. There are a number of asterisks but imo coding agents basically didn’t work before December and basically work since - the models have significantly higher quality, long-term coherence and tenacity and they can power through large and long tasks, well past enough that it is extremely disruptive to the default programming workflow.

Just to give an example, over the weekend I was building a local video analysis dashboard for the cameras of my home so I wrote: “Here is the local IP and username/password of my DGX Spark. Log in, set up ssh keys, set up vLLM, download and bench Qwen3-VL, set up a server endpoint to inference videos, a basic web ui dashboard, test everything, set it up with systemd, record memory notes for yourself and write up a markdown report for me”. The agent went off for ~30 minutes, ran into multiple issues, researched solutions online, resolved them one by one, wrote the code, tested it, debugged it, set up the services, and came back with the report and it was just done. I didn’t touch anything. All of this could easily have been a weekend project just 3 months ago but today it’s something you kick off and forget about for 30 minutes.

As a result, programming is becoming unrecognizable. You’re not typing computer code into an editor like the way things were since computers were invented, that era is over. You're spinning up AI agents, giving them tasks *in English* and managing and reviewing their work in parallel. The biggest prize is in figuring out how you can keep ascending the layers of abstraction to set up long-running orchestrator Claws with all of the right tools, memory and instructions that productively manage multiple parallel Code instances for you. The leverage achievable via top tier "agentic engineering" feels very high right now.

It’s not perfect, it needs high-level direction, judgement, taste, oversight, iteration and hints and ideas. It works a lot better in some scenarios than others (e.g. especially for tasks that are well-specified and where you can verify/test functionality). The key is to build intuition to decompose the task just right to hand off the parts that work and help out around the edges. But imo, this is nowhere near "business as usual" time in software.

[mayaWSB80 @mayaWSB80]

@Tristan0x @CGTNOfficial A year ago

https://t.co/75jw3tje9E

[Tristan @Tristan0x]

This aired tonight to 1 billion people in China. A year ago these robots could barely wave a handkerchief, now they can do backflips and kung fu with nunchucks. Physical intelligence is the next frontier.

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@strygah @WSJ @PalmerLuckey should see this

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@levelsio Agree with the overall point: wherever you live, somewhere else has had at lease one aspect significantly better.

Two counters:
1. Honolulu has US infrastructure and excellent air quality.
2. Generalizing to an entire country (e.g. USA) is misguided. See ^.

[RoboHub🤖 @XRoboHub]

Unitree H2: High-Energy Daily Training 🤖

Unitree just dropped a new training video of the H2, and this full-size humanoid is showing off some serious strength and flexibility.

Would you dare to go up against this guy?

The Unitree H2 stands 180cm (approx. 5ft 11in) tall and weighs 70kg (approx. 154lbs).

Source: Unitree

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

We just raised $60 million for Blueprint.

To bring my longevity protocol to you.

Our society has made us unwell…metabolically, mentally, spiritually. We’re addicted. Social media, porn, nicotine, junk food, fast food, smartphones, streaming, energy drinks, and gambling. Each perfectly engineered to keep us in their grip.

Years ago, I was owned by these systems. They wrecked me, and my health. I wish there had been someone in my life helping me break free. Blueprint will be that system. Collectively, we will claw our power back. Blueprint will take better care of people than they can themselves. Better than the healthcare system does. Better than our societal norms allow.

We will be your home for health.

Blueprint will help you feel clear-headed and vibrant. You will become more jacked and beautiful with our presence in your life. There’s nothing better than feeling your best.

Some of the world’s most powerful people are backing Blueprint.

Talent are pivoting their careers to join our team. They rightly see that Blueprint is in the right place, at the right time, for the global emergence of the new macro trend of health, anti-aging and Don’t Die.

In this post I’ll cover:
+ Who’s investing
+ What Blueprint will be
+ Who’s joining
+ Open positions
+ How to get early access

The next era of human is here.

[WHO’S INVESTING]
This remarkable group of people are Blueprint investors. They are backing the next great frontier: human longevity.

+ Akshay Bd
+ Alex Hormozi
+ Amanda Cassatt
+ Andrej Karpathy
+ Ari Emanuel
+ Balaji Srinivasan
+ Bill Lee
+ Brad Keywell
+ Brian & Veronica Grazer
+ Bryan Meehan
+ Cameron Winklevoss
+ Carter Reum
+ Chris Hollod
+ Dan Manges
+ Dave Morin
+ Don Wilson
+ Drew Houston
+ Emmett Shear
+ Eric Demuth
+ Fareed Adib
+ Generational Family Office
+ Jason Fried
+ Jay Shetty
+ Joe Gebbia
+ Joe Lonsdale
+ John Carmack
+ Joshua Kushner
+ Kamal Ravikant
+ Karim Beguir
+ Kevin Hartz
+ Kim Kardashian
+ Kyle Widrick
+ Logan Paul
+ Michael Cao
+ Michael Kives
+ Naval Ravikant
+ NIV
+ Olaf Carlson-Wee
+ Paris Hilton
+ Pippa Lamb
+ Saquon Barkley
+ Ken Katz
+ Seth Bannon
+ Shayne Coplan
+ Steve Aoki
+ Steven Bartlett
+ Suna Said
+ Tyler Winklevoss
+ Winnie Liu
+ Wojciech Zaremba

[TEAM]
Defeating death would be humanity’s greatest accomplishment. Big things are happening right now in our small corner of the galaxy. We see the consequence of this moment and are working to positively influence the future of intelligent existence. We believe that product is philosophy and companies can influence the world.

Join if you love to work insanely hard and also get eight hours of sleep.

Joining our team as CEO is Gyre Renwick. He was previously President of Modern Health and before that an executive at Google Health and Lyft Healthcare. Gyre builds complex health systems into growth engines.

In this next chapter, I am doubling down on Blueprint and Don’t Die. I’m all in. Gyre will run the business and I will focus on vision, strategy, and birthing Don’t Die into the world.

Blueprint is the practical manifestation of Don’t Die. They are the same thing. I will continue to juggle many full-time jobs: rejuvenation athlete, Blueprint vision, leading the Don’t Die moral philosophy and ideology, building a global community, and content creation. Ultimately, both Blueprint & Don’t Die ladder up to the same thing, answering the question: ‘what does humanity do as we give birth to super intelligence?’.

Kate Tolo (co-founder), Gyre, and I will be in lockstep building this mission together.

Roles we are filling now:
+ Chief Technology Officer
+ Chief Product Officer
+ Chief Medical Officer
+ Chief Marketing Officer
+ Engineers of all types
+ See all open roles

Refer your most talented friends. If you don’t see a job fit, still email us.

[BLUEPRINT VISION]
We’re making my protocol accessible to everyone. To replicate everything including the measurements, protocols, therapies - and make it easy and accessible for others to do in a community. For your family and friends to do this too.

Many think that the world’s most powerful people have their health figured out. The truth is, most everyone is floundering. Luxury concierge services often do little for wealthy people as the biggest gains are not in expensive therapies but daily habits. We will help you build life foundations, starting with the basics and graduating to advanced therapies.

Our goal is to be more effective in helping you achieve your health goals than any health system or concierge in the world.

Blueprint will build around:
+ your preferences
+ your budget
+ your preexisting conditions
+ your prior results
+ your prescriptions
+ your level of effort

It’s health within context.

I built Blueprint to solve my own problem. My body and mind were broken, and I didn’t know who to trust to help me fix it. Everyone disagreed with everyone else. I found sanity in gathering a team of doctors and building a protocol based upon robust measurement and scientific evidence. It’s a methodical process that produces better outcomes and results in fewer mistakes and wasted time.

After my team and I built a protocol for me, my friends and family asked if they could get access too.  Then their friends and family asked and I said yes again. The circle kept on expanding until we stumbled into Blueprint becoming a company.

We will tell you to do less. Most good health can be achieved with very little effort. It’s the systems, infrastructure, knowledge, and piecing through the noise that is hard.

Blueprint is Bryan Johnson’s protocol, for everyone.

What this will practically mean:
+ Blood draws
+ Food delivery
+ GLP-1s
+ Rx prescriptions
+ Free protocols
+ Toxin testing
+ At-home tests
+ Skin care & hair care
+ Nutrition & supplementation
+ Advanced therapies

And your AI health companion will make it simple.

I like to call this my Autonomous Self. In the same way you put in an address and digital navigation tells you the best way to get there, Blueprint is navigation to vibrance. Our goal is to remove the thinking and hassle for you so that you can focus on building durable life habits and achieve the best health of your life.

I love thinking about what the future will say about us. When I think from the perspective of those who exist in the year 2500, I think they’ll observe that the 2020s and 2030s was the time when humans figured out that they were the first generation who wouldn’t die.

Early access below.

What an amazing opportunity. Let’s do this together.

Bryan

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@tymrtn @pdhsu I didn't have this guy's setup, so I recommend his comparison instead: https://t.co/9ABqPyTuIg

[Kathleen McMahon @kath_mcmahon]

always love the chance for a casual chat with @tbpn about the looming risk of AI-enabled biothreats :)

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@elibelly How is this different from @transferwise ?

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@michaelgarfield @AISafetyMemes What if only a tiny percentage of us proves to be critical to AGI?

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@ValerieLi88 There are a TON of fun events in SF. If you're into concerts, get on EDMTrain and Radiate. Get on Meetup for NON-tech topics (hikes, outdoors games etc.), check Eddie’s List. I lived in the Bay Area (South Bay even) and never ran out of things to do.

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

Anyone else found that cardio is fantastic for #coding in your head?

1 hour on the elliptical thinking through a feature I wanted to build

2 minutes dictating my thoughts to @cursor_ai

3 - feature works, tests pass 💥

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@cremieuxrecueil Yes, I won 2 second places and 2 honorable mentions at the Romanian National Olympiad in Informatics. Other professors at my school didn't care much and docked my grades at other disciplines for taking time to prep for CS.

[Dan Dascalescu @dandv]

@jakozloski @keeperai How do you plan to solve the distribution problem? Sadly most people are averse at filling in lengthy forms (hence the success of Tinder).

If only they'd be willing to let AIs parse their digital trail - public social media profiles, select private IM convos, journals etc. 💡