pankaj padwal

pursuing masters in AI/ML @GeorgiaTech | chemical engineer @iitmadras | aspiring investor. Tweets about beginner's journey into AI/ML, Investing, Visa etc.

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

“When events change, I change my mind. What do you do?”

- Paul Samuelson

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@EdwinCh43136084 @DeryaTR_ Thats what my observation has been. Composer 2.5 feels faster there.

Even in Grok build, 4.6 feels not that fast when compared to deepaeek flash, especially for normie knowledge work.

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All I need to know about good writing

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deep seek v4 flash is addictive?

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

Deepseek flash is really insane for day to day knowledge work, so fast and cheap. First time, it feels like paying-for-api is cheaper than buying a subscription.

No other model has co-operated in downloading videos from dorrent kind of websites, but deepseek - "Hold my beer"

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@advaith_sridhar @discoveredmat Hey Congrats Advaith and Akash!

Proud to see you guys on the timeline 🎉🎉🎉

[Advaith Sridhar @advaith_sridhar]

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[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@kunchenguid Finally some voice of reason in all this twitter hype.

Keep it coming

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

Biggest plus of grok is its speed and human friendliness while talking with it. Please don't compromise that we new versions.

I have shifted significant portion of my knowledge work from gpt/claude to grok/gpt/claude. However, computer use/browser use is what still remains with gpt, so would love to see progress in that direction.

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

So true!

You just happen to know a guy, and end up becoming someone else’s guy

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@kunchenguid Agree with all!

Very well put. Grok has become a delight for day to day work and Fable is delight to have any kind of intellectual conversation with.

Anything “difficult” is still under gpt, given the generous token limit.

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@narens @OpenAI Congrats Naren🎉

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@niketrajdwivedi @Smart_enouf 😂😂😂😂😂

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

"organise my Downloads folder" is the new "hello world"

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@championswimmer You speak what everyone thinks within this conformist hype, love it!

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@yoursnandieni 😂😂😂

Nobody: You are not feminist enough

Le me: …

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

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[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

Why does it have to be so depressing vibes?

[Claude @claudeai]

There’s hope in hard questions.

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

Fable as a reading partner is god-send. Just so so impressive. Have never engaged with a book in such a depth before.

This is how I am currently using it.

- Download the .epub version of any book that you want to read.
- Ask codex/claude code to convert it to markdown.
- Point fable to that book and ask it to act as your thinking partner.

Now after every section/chapter ask fable to share his thoughts and then engage with it.

Unbelievably impressive!

[pankaj padwal @padwalpankaj9]

@naval Necessary but not sufficient…