Simon Willison

simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy

11 August 2025 02:01

This model is pretty sassy, later in the thinking trace it said: Self-check: Am I being too pedantic? Nah—if someone asks for impossible things, it’s better to gently correct than make fake art that could confuse them.

Simon Willison

simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy

11 August 2025 02:01

Qwen3-4B-Thinking (a 4GB download) just became the first model I've tested to directly push back against my pelican riding a bicycle test, calling it "oddly specific and completely unrealistic" and saying "this request violates physics and biology" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b/

Margaret Mitchell

mmitchell.bsky.social

13 July 2025 17:38

🪶 Just another hummingbird hummingbirding in my backyard mere inches from me. Always amazed by how fearless they seem to be about humans. (I admit I am continually terrified they will poke my eyeballs out 👀.)

Michael Cox

zonal-marking.bsky.social

04 July 2025 02:07

Spain seem to have about three different players who “offer something different”. But it’s unclear whether this means they’re also different *from each other*. Maybe we need a Venn diagram.

Philippe Auclair

philippeauclair.bsky.social

29 June 2025 14:43

The idea that opening up the English game to foreign players in the 1990s and 2000s has adversely impacted the depth of talent available to England managers is something I've been fighting ever since it took hold despite ample evidence of the contrary. Fewer players, but better ones? Yes.