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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
3/26/2024

Excited to launch Superpipe, a framework to build evaluate, and optimize LLM pipelines for structured outputs. Using Superpipe, we've been able to build 10x cheaper pipelines, 10x faster. Latest project with @aman superpipe.ai https://twitter.com/amansplaining/status/1772658940821602700

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
3/5/2024

First non-company hackathon since college this past weekend with @aman @ryo and Andrew Yu (not sure on fc). Builder energy so fun. Built a bot that bids and messages sellers on fb marketplace that are similar to reference images you provide https://youtu.be/Q_XMceMmbak?si=l6ArHqmyR7XlzaQn

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
3/5/2024

Way more excited about farcaster DAU than bitcoin price. But number go up is chill too

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
3/1/2024

Evaluation is all you need. If your goal is to build good AI software, you need to switch from thinking like an engineer to thinking like a scientist. Would love to hear feedback and thoughts. https://www.scharfste.in/evaluation-is-all-you-need-think-like-a-scientist-when-building-ai/

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/23/2024

Going to be in SF next week for the OpenAI x SPC hackathon. Any AI folks want to meet up?

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/8/2024

I see you, 604!

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/8/2024

Dictation is good except it was messing up when I tried you use (parentheses)

Apple Vision Pro
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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/8/2024

The hard part about the typing is you have to look at the keys to type. But that means you can look at the output to see if you messed up… But yes, I think most other things are in point.

Apple Vision Pro
Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/8/2024

Tried to cast from Vision Pro but find keyboard very hard to use, especially for longer sentences. It’s both remarkable how intuitive some things are and how finicky others are

Apple Vision Pro
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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

👋

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

I’ve always said that decentralization is a developer facing feature. The magic of frames is that it lowers the barrier to entry to be a farcaster developer. You don’t need to build an app to build a feature. 🤌

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

Mullet apps are the future

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

Could have gotten @ben and chose @scharf instead. 🤦‍♂️

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

Getting my Vision Pro today. Wish me luck

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

Aspirational weekend project to get this running https://github.com/lucidrains/meshgpt-pytorch

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

Many companies I’ve talked to have hacked together gpt powered features but few have really productionized either the rigor they do other features. Still so much value to unlock. (Also if this is you, I have something for you to try)

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/7/2024

8!

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/6/2024

Welcome. The water is warm

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/6/2024

Absolutely. Lots of good efforts to keep the graph high signal. In my estimation, they’re working

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/6/2024

True, and one of the best features of FC is that people like you are here to answer any question! I think I'm caught up now

Degen
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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/6/2024

Nothing. I think the natural outcome of people making $ in the FC ecosystem is that people will try to game (even with paid signups). That said, I think it's important for both WC and the builder ecosystem to not overpivot on raw numbers. Retention is all that matters. I have no doubt you're thoughtful about this.

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Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/5/2024

Welcome to the club!

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/5/2024

Crypographic identity is going to be more and more important in a deepfake world. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/5/2024

They say for a company value to mean anything it has to be in contrast to something else. For example: Move fast and break things vs. only ship when ready It feels like the same should apply to life advice. Don’t tell me stuff everyone believes, tell me the stuff you believe and others don’t

Ben Scharfstein@scharf
2/5/2024

Getting married in 2 months. What’s your best advice preparing for the wedding?