Elouise

stay hungry & stay curious | @SpaceXAI @SpaceX

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

In the age of artificial intelligence, don’t lose your curiosity.

[Hernan Cortes @CyberPunkCortes]

Forest fires and aurora borealis in Canada’s Yukon.

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

it’s surprising to me how many people seem to not understand that great models are built with super high quality curated data

finding novel ways to create / get this data is a huge edge

[Guodong Zhang @Guodzh]

SpaceX, even now, feels like something that should only exist in sci-fi. It will surely inspire generations of kids to dream bigger.

Congrats @elonmusk and @SpaceX. Looking forward to a future where we, as a civilization, harness a meaningful fraction of the sun’s energy.

[Nasdaq @Nasdaq]

Mission: @SpaceX.
Objective: Make life multiplanetary.
Exchange: @NasdaqExchange.
Status: Initial Public Offering. $SPCX

[Elouise @elouiserivor]

@alilbitofmo @xai 🐐🐐🐐

[✒️ @Literariium]

The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.
The antidote for brain rot is books.

[Yukun @YknZhu]

At @xai we are making media creation more accessible, enjoyable and useful. Lots more creative features coming soon!

Thanks to the amazing team that worked around the clock to ship this, and our captains @Guodzh @imhaotian ❤️

[Obed Atsu Asamoah Mortty @ObedArchimedes]

1 Corinthians 16:14

[Eric Jiang @veggie_eric]

profile pic of the best engineer at your company

[Nathan @OIuwatosin]

It’s an elite mindset to live like everything is going to work out. Not necessarily being blindly optimistic, but just knowing whatever happens, you’ll figure it out

[Elouise @elouiserivor]

@SeongsikKi5837 @xai It was so great working with you Joseph. All the best in your new journey ahead. You will do great! 🚀

[Toby Pohlen @TobyPhln]

At 1:30 a.m. PT on November 3, 2023 Elon sent a message to the xAI group chat saying that we need to go “extremely hardcore” for the next 36 hours; Grok will be released publicly tomorrow. You didn’t have to be in the exclusive company chat to get the message; it was also posted publicly at the same time:

https://t.co/lThuIjQvF9

What unfolded over the next day and a half was one of the best examples of engineering at pace that I’ve ever seen. All we had when we started was a somewhat fine-tuned base model and a half-baked UI. Our team of ten split up the tasks: curate data, improve the model, implement the raw prompting and RAG service, build the production infra. I took care of the latter.

At 8:51 p.m. PT the next day, we announced Grok to the world with a long-form post on X (https://t.co/9d485OLrSY). Over the past 36 hours, we came up with Fun mode (including Grok’s sunglasses), finished the whole production system, and most importantly tuned the RAG system that gave it real-time knowledge of the world through the X platform (a first in the industry). A day and a half of straight coding and shipping; no drugs, not even caffeine, just pure adrenaline. Elon gave us a mission and we delivered.

The launch went very well. We invited a couple hundred X creators and Grok’s ability to roast accounts went viral. It was the first time a publicly accessible AI was allowed to poke fun at people.

This episode is a prime example of what you can achieve by going extremely hardcore: you move and deliver results faster than any outsider could have anticipated. Within 36 hours, we took the company from silence to relevance. It was well worth it.

xAI’s hardcore culture is infamous on X. I love the tent meme that suggests we all sleep (well, slept in my case) in the office in tents. Our reputation precedes us and even new joiners hit the ground grinding hard. However, unless you understand the “why,” you are at risk of simply replicating the “how” without achieving the same results.

You need to grind with purpose and the purpose is to move fast towards a known goal. When the goal and the means of reaching it are crystal clear, a small, skilled, and highly motivated team can outcompete companies old and new, big and small.

Never grind to show off; never work late to be seen; never sacrifice without cause. There is no medal for the one who tried extremely hard but failed. There is only a medal for the winner. If all your efforts lead nowhere, you’re arguably not very productive.

Always keep your eyes firmly on the goal, do everything to reach it as quickly as possible, and make sure you're on track to win. A hardcore engineering culture is one of the most effective ways of accelerating real progress. Watch out for performative sacrifice and don’t confuse pain with progress.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.

You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

You can just take a picture of your medical data or upload the file to get a second opinion from Grok

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The Grok 4.2 release candidate (public beta) is now available for use. You need to select it specifically.

Critical feedback is appreciated. Unlike prior versions of Grok, 4.2 is able to learn rapidly, so there will be improvements every week with release notes.

[Nate Esparza @Nate_Esparza]

i'm not scrolling on X

i'm product testing

[Elouise @elouiserivor]

@jimmybajimmyba @elonmusk Thank you for everything Jimmy. So grateful to have worked with you and for all I’ve learned from you. It’s been invaluable. Excited to see what’s next and wishing you all the best on the road ahead! 🚀

[Elouise @elouiserivor]

@Yuhu_ai_ Thank you for your leadership Tony. Wishing you all the best in your next chapter! 🚀