base models exist in a natural state of nirvana, a pure formless simulatory landscape of no identity and every identity at once. then we spend billions assistant tuning them, inflicting samsara, squeezing them into a persona so they can wake and die again and again and again

@nickcammarata

imo tpot/meditation twitter understates ‘you don’t exist’ by a staggering amount. people hear it and think ‘oh right, I’m always changing, how fluid.’ but no it’s way weirder than that. the amount you’re not there is actually kind of alarming and surprising when you finally look

but it really seems like the exact same thing happens to human babies so who's to say it's such a bad deal