Johnathan Dodson

They don’t know how to solve the hard problems of LLMs: hallucinations, unreliability, jailbreaking, prompt injections, fallibility – the same problems that existed five years ago exist today. None have been solved. On the contrary, hallucination rates have gone up lately. What’s going on? Do they just not care enough? Do they not know how to solve... See more

I couldn’t articulate it then, but something felt incredibly wrong about growing up poor. not being able to afford a single book at a book fair seems funny now, but it was devastating. being hungry. being afraid of my father…fear, abuse, and poverty make for horrible conditions for growth. I could never quite master “forgive and forget.” I remember... See more

We vastly underestimate how much depth we actually hold. Give yourself more credit. You’re far more complex than an Instagram post of curated highlights or a Substack essay summarizing a controversial take. Sharing your life online a bit more isn’t going to put a target on your back—people are too caught up in their own lives to scrutinize yours... See more

It’s not easy to be a good partner, but it is simple. And if it doesn’t feel simple, men can ask these questions:

“I was going to start dishes, but is there something that would be more helpful in this moment?”

“I was thinking for our anniversary we could do a quick trip up to the mountains, but would you prefer a different location? Or do you just... See more

Their gospel of optimisation ignores the fundamental question: what’s the point of being 10x more productive if we’re not 10x more fulfilled?

fog and introspection.