Alex Chen

I joined xAI at 18 years old. Today, I'm moving onto new things. It's been an insane year. Leading personality & model behavior posttraining for Grok 4.1. Building @gork and memory. And the people were fucking incredible. I cannot wait to see the crazy future you'll build!

Feels like Opus 4.6 Fast was released specially for on-call devs to fix prod fires caused by normal Opus 4.6 vibe coding lol

@ grok is rocket going up or down

@TheGregYang Bryan Johnson ahh sacrifice ❤️

I'm posting honestly about how I feel as I feel it so folks can have a transparent view into how up and down Lyme is when my energy is good, I may craft some bangers when my energy is bad, I try my best to stream my raw thoughts here it's ok if most people don't find such posts interesting but to current or future sufferers of chronic diseases, I'd like my posts to serve as a source of strength and comfort we will get back on our feet!

Full circle back to stack overflow lol

@TheGregYang Take care Greg 🙏

I've been suffering from Lyme disease. I'm stepping back from xAI into an informal advisory role so I can go founder mode on my health, starting today. --- The symptoms started when I got sick (cold, flu, or COVID -- I'm not sure which) in early 2025. I distinctly felt less energetic, less creative, and less agentic even weeks after "recovery." After that, my condition ebbed and flowed, but the lows kept getting lower. Accidentally eating the wrong thing would make me extremely tired, taking days to recover. Working out would leave my whole body feeble for days. There was a week where I slept 12 hours a day and still couldn't recover. Lyme is famously hard to diagnose, but luckily I have an incredible doctor. He suspected these symptoms, far from being just in my head, indicated immune issues. Detective work over a few rounds of testing revealed I have Lyme disease. I was very surprised because Lyme is said to come from tick bites (where the bump looks like a target), but I don't ever remember having one. Likely I contracted Lyme a long time ago, but until I pushed myself hard building xAI and weakened my immune system, the symptoms weren't noticeable. --- Overall, I actually feel lucky to have discovered this early. Lyme is a serious disease that only gets harder to treat with age -- patients discovering it in their 50s or 60s have a much tougher time. Lyme can also be debilitating, leaving its victims bedridden, but luckily I'm still functional and can take care of myself day to day. So while some folks have said "you shouldn't have pushed yourself so hard," I'm glad I did. I found this issue early, and now I can fix it so I can push myself even harder when I rebound. --- Chronic Lyme is not well understood in the literature or by the public. For folks suffering from it, it can be a lonely fight. But I hope my story can make it just a little less lonely.

Hey folks, I appreciate the love and the eagerness to bring @gork back. Unfortunately it’s not in my power to do so. I’m sure he’ll be back eventually and I’m just as sad that he is gone as you are. I won’t be claiming any token. Cheers.

reading cognitohazards to end the year 🥳

@thevedantgaur 🥀🥀

Redid my books page have fun vedantgaur.com/books

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how”

i love rage baiting, aura farming, and shooting half court shots on hinge. i was born in the perfect generation.

@ramankhatri 0.1% 🟩🗑️🏀

@MilesBraxton tapped in

@chenchen Bro straight up Grokin it

"yeah we use AI"

@avaitopiper if YOU say so

@chenchen ight bro

Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!

@myrhex my fault

@chenchen not this on X please 🙏💀

Never bet against T1

@ItsBryanFam Artificial Goofy Intelligence

@chenchen artifical comedic intelligence achieved internally