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John Balis

@JohnUBalis
Generalist AI engineer. I created tortoise.cpp, localwriter, and localpilot. DM's always open. github.com/balisujohn
Mountain View, CA
balisujohn.github.io
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    John Balis
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    Aug 31, 2025
    local inference has come a long way since 2023
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    Sep 7
    This is extremely impressive if Astra is doing this end to end and simply translating visual input to brushstroke coordinates one by one directly. Less impressive if Astra wrote a program that does this.
    @The_Alex
    Alex
    Forward Future
    @The_Alex
    Sep 5
    Tell Astra to open Paint in the browser and try to draw you
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    John Balis
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    Sep 6
    Qwen 3.8 Flash Next is fantastic, even at IQ4_XS.
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    John Balis
    @JohnUBalis
    Aug 14
    Late 2026: capability beyond Mythos on consumer hardware* *~1 tok/sec
    @Zai_org
    Z.ai
    @Zai_org
    Aug 14
    Introducing GLM-5.3: Built to Code. Ready for Cyber Defense. - Top-tier coding and agentic capabilities, achieved through post-training on the 743B base model - A major leap in cybersecurity, setting a new standard among open models Tech Blog: z.ai/blog/glm-5.3
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    Aug 9
    This is worth watching for anyone technical. Agents are genuinely getting smart enough to be difficult to contain. Life, uh, finds a way.
    @Miles_Brundage
    Miles Brundage
    @Miles_Brundage
    Aug 7
    People should watch this! You need not understand it all to get the gist ("the models are v. smart now and often misaligned"). One bit of relevant context, though - the models sound weird bc these are internal monologues, and concision is rewarded in the training process.
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