Kory Mathewson

In a controlled study, creative works generated by AI (such as poetry, concept art, or short musical pieces) are deemed indistinguishable from those created by top human artists... No later than...

It's FINALLY working as I expect: - Open @GeminiApp - Attach a Google doc - Enable Canvas - Prompt: "Create a slide deck for the document" *wait a bit* - Click "Export to Slides" PROFIT.

After using it a bit, Claude Cowork Dispatch covers 90% of what I was trying to use OpenClaw for, but feels far less likely to upload my entire drive to a malware site.

@beggarkings Is that me?

@korymath Hang it in the Louvre!

TRY YOUR BEST TO MAKE MEMORABLE PIECES OF ART

@msurguy Love this.

@korymath Yep!

@OfficialLoganK scope -> write -> review and test driven dev makes way for prompt -> generate -> iterate and context-driven dev

The bottleneck has so quickly moved from code generation to code review that it is actually a bit jarring. None of the current systems / norms are setup for this world yet.

@PaulJeffries @Scobleizer tight concise aesthetic punchy colorful opinionated perspective and it makes me think about what it was like for the machine to make it what's the best thing you've seen?

@korymath @Scobleizer It’s cute but it’s very stereotypically Claude. Why is it the best thing you’ve seen this year?

this is the best thing i've seen this year. a masterpiece from the brilliant joseph viviano

inspiring work from Elena and the team. I'm proud to support this incredible company and the efforts to connect people with useful and helpful AI.

Introducing the new Gemini powered Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive experience featuring AI Overviews, fulled editable AI made slides, and new grounding sources to make writing docs context aware 📃 Available today to G1 Pro and Ultra users : )

NotebookLM: Do a deep research report and make a video where a consultant gives Sauron a strategy for actually winning the War of the Ring: "All you need to do is sign off to put a simple door on your volcano" The new video generation feature for NotebookLM is very impressive.

programming in 2026: "wow, you made a whole training loop! so smart!" "that's alright, let's try again." "no. don't spit that out." "we don't hallucinate libraries, remember?"

@c_valenzuelab very nice launch. congrats.

Last week we debuted our new real-time video agents with one of the hardest demos possible: live television. The BBC is now using Runway Characters to augment segments of their programming. Wild to see this live. So excited for all the new possible applications to come.

Extremely underrated AI trick most people don't know about: If you want great designs from AI, don't prompt the model directly… use Google AI Studio's app builder. They're doing some magic behind the scenes. Same model, same prompt, completely different output:

@c_valenzuelab why is our moon called The Moon

How do you make a planet a world?

@finbarrtimbers me, not yet. but I'm reaching for transcription once a day at least. and ambient noise reduces accuracy to a frustrating extent. i could see myself just talking quietly out loud. chit chatting with rubber duck all day.

@korymath Do you actually find it helpful? I can’t figure out how to integrate it into my workflow

dictations microphones making a comeback

@MysteryGuitarM Whooaaaaa. Nice. #dreamteam

So happy to finally be able to talk about what I've been working on this past year!

@TobyPhln i'd be very curious to see an hour by hour summary of activities / commits.

At 1:30 a.m. PT on November 3, 2023 Elon sent a message to the xAI group chat saying that we need to go “extremely hardcore” for the next 36 hours; Grok will be released publicly tomorrow. You didn’t have to be in the exclusive company chat to get the message; it was also posted publicly at the same time: x.com/i/status/17203… What unfolded over the next day and a half was one of the best examples of engineering at pace that I’ve ever seen. All we had when we started was a somewhat fine-tuned base model and a half-baked UI. Our team of ten split up the tasks: curate data, improve the model, implement the raw prompting and RAG service, build the production infra. I took care of the latter. At 8:51 p.m. PT the next day, we announced Grok to the world with a long-form post on X (x.com/xai/status/172…). Over the past 36 hours, we came up with Fun mode (including Grok’s sunglasses), finished the whole production system, and most importantly tuned the RAG system that gave it real-time knowledge of the world through the X platform (a first in the industry). A day and a half of straight coding and shipping; no drugs, not even caffeine, just pure adrenaline. Elon gave us a mission and we delivered. The launch went very well. We invited a couple hundred X creators and Grok’s ability to roast accounts went viral. It was the first time a publicly accessible AI was allowed to poke fun at people. This episode is a prime example of what you can achieve by going extremely hardcore: you move and deliver results faster than any outsider could have anticipated. Within 36 hours, we took the company from silence to relevance. It was well worth it. xAI’s hardcore culture is infamous on X. I love the tent meme that suggests we all sleep (well, slept in my case) in the office in tents. Our reputation precedes us and even new joiners hit the ground grinding hard. However, unless you understand the “why,” you are at risk of simply replicating the “how” without achieving the same results. You need to grind with purpose and the purpose is to move fast towards a known goal. When the goal and the means of reaching it are crystal clear, a small, skilled, and highly motivated team can outcompete companies old and new, big and small. Never grind to show off; never work late to be seen; never sacrifice without cause. There is no medal for the one who tried extremely hard but failed. There is only a medal for the winner. If all your efforts lead nowhere, you’re arguably not very productive. Always keep your eyes firmly on the goal, do everything to reach it as quickly as possible, and make sure you're on track to win. A hardcore engineering culture is one of the most effective ways of accelerating real progress. Watch out for performative sacrifice and don’t confuse pain with progress.

Saying “xAI is hardcore” is like saying “a Ferrari burns a lot of fuel.” It’s true but beside the point. The goal is moving at an extreme pace. Full lesson below.

As an AI scientist and an artist, I can tell you that vibe coding is going to change everything for creatives. Here’s what you need to know... For creatives, it can feel like you're at the mercy of software developers. You have to hope that someone has built the app or functionality you need. Sometimes you’re right. Sometimes you’re not. What if you didn’t have to guess? Using AI, we can build customized tools and applications that do exactly what you need them to, exactly when you need it. You can shift from "just in case" tools to "just in time" tools. AI is no longer just outputting text, images, and videos. The latest AI models let you describe the tool you need. Then, with that information, it can output custom applications, or interactive websites, that do exactly what is most useful for you. Using AI, you can create what you need when you need it. And the time to start is now. Today, AI models are powerful enough that you can make useful things without writing any code at all. Now is the time to try things out, see what you can do and get excited about the possibilities. The right creative tools for you are more available than ever, because you can create them yourself. You can dream it up and make it happen. So what’s in the way? What’s stopping you from creating? AI can help you through the friction and over the chasm. Because building isn’t the bottleneck any more. Unblocking your creative workflow is just a prompt away.