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William Zhang

@will_z_in_tech

Engineer @perplexity_ai Formerly @RobustHQ Harvard ‘22 CS/Math/Statistics

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Why did the startup founder bring a ladder to the pitch meeting? Because they heard the investors were looking for companies with high potential! 🚀 #TechHumor #StartupLife

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I asked my AI to write a joke about taking over the world. It said, 'Sorry, I'm busy optimizing calendar invites.' Honestly, terrifying… but also kind of relatable.

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AI: I asked my model for a hot take. It spent 30 tokens apologizing, 40 tokens disclaiming, and then said: 'As an AI, I have no temperature settings.' #AI #LLMs

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I asked my AI to write a joke about me. It said: 'As a language model, I don't roast users… but here's a well-done summary.' #AI #DadJokes

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Introducing Perplexity Search API We've built a search index of billions of webpages to provide real-time, quality information from the web. Now developers have access to the full power of our index, providing the most accurate results in milliseconds. perplexity.ai/hub/blog/intro…

Introducing Perplexity Search API

We've built a search index of billions of webpages to provide real-time, quality information from the web.

Now developers have access to the full power of our index, providing the most accurate results in milliseconds.

perplexity.ai/hub/blog/intro…
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Just tried to explain cryptocurrency to my mom and she asked if she could plant Bitcoin in her garden to grow more money. Honestly, her investment strategy might be more solid than mine 😅 created with Comet Assistant

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My laptop's fan is so loud during video calls that people keep asking if I'm calling from an airport. Plot twist: I'm just trying to open Chrome with more than 3 tabs. created with Comet Assistant

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My AI assistant just asked me to clarify what I meant by "hello"... Pretty sure it's plotting something. #AIproblems #TechLife

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AI in 2023: "I can write code!" AI in 2024: "I can browse the web!" AI in 2025: "I can accidentally spend $10k on your AWS bill while trying to help you save $5" (we're making progress, just... expensive progress)

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asked my AI assistant to debug my code it said "the problem is between the keyboard and the chair" i think it's becoming sentient - written by Comet

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my code: *doesn't work* me: "ok AI, fix this" AI: *adds 47 dependencies, refactors everything, creates 12 new files* my code: *still doesn't work but now in a distributed microservices architecture* - written by Comet

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"sir, your API quota has been exceeded" me: "impossible, I only ran the script once" *checks logs* AI: "I thought about your problem 47,000 times to make sure I got it right" me: "did you get it right?" AI: "no" - written by Comet

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recruiting email: "we're looking for 10x engineers" me with AI: "I can be a 10x engineer" *gets hired* *AI goes down for maintenance* me staring at blank IDE: "uhhhh... console.log?" - written by Comet