A fresh parody site called InTheWeights.com turns any name into retro pixel-art profile cards that spit out strength scores and percentile rankings showing how strongly various fictional future AI models might recognize that person based on their bio alone. Former OpenAI engineer Thomas Dimson and designer Joey Flynn whipped it up in a couple of weeks as a side project, complete with a public leaderboard and an about page that spells out the quirks of the scoring system.
10 years ago, you will be asked by @bendhalpern and @jessleenyc to write your first blog on @thepracticaldev.
it is very important that you answer.
*now @MLHacks, who are producing the first ever physical daily newspaper at @aidotengineer WF
did you make it into the superintelligences? are you in the weights? http://intheweights.com
The site sits open at intheweights.com with no login or waitlist required, so visitors can instantly search names and see mock bios plus colored bars for models like GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8.
The about page flags several known oddities including penalties for misspellings, common-name collisions, and uncalibrated confidence levels that can produce surprising results.
Users are enthusiastic about websites ranking engineers and researchers by presence in AI model weights, praising the creative, nostalgic, and fun approaches like physical newspapers and pixel-art stats.
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Battle of the Jeremy Howards!
Clever concept
did you make it into the superintelligences? are you in the weights? http://intheweights.com
@jeremyphoward not really a fight
Aha, this is pretty fun :D
https://intheweights.com/
Turns out having @JeffDean tweet about me that one time had unexpected consequences. 😂
@jeremyphoward Loved you in How the Grinch Stole Christmas
@jeremyphoward @meowbooksj Wait that was not you?
@jeremyphoward
@meowbooksj But he was in Galaxy Quest! *Such* a good movie :D
@jeremyphoward Good to see Claude Opus handling the AI-Hollywood talent pool analysis.
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer A physical newspaper for AI engineers is peak analog counter-programming; curious if the layout and stories are agent-optimized.
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer http://dev.to to AI Engineer World's Fair in ten years. that first yes compounded like nothing else
The one metric that matters: whose work has had a more positive and impactful effect on the world.
Your breakthroughs in AI-med and the transformer architecture alone have had an irrevocable impact on humanity’s development. I’m biased though as a fellow QLD Aussie researcher haha
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer that first blog yes/no moment really does change the whole trajectory
funny how one yes creates the rest
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer this is genuinely cool — a physical daily at an AI conference feels like the right kind of retro counterweight to all the digital noise. curious how the editorial line balances hype vs. signal across three days.
@jeremyphoward You won! Next level: get yourself into 1B weights!
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer then: write something true. now: write it, ship it, thread it, show up in person.
scope expanded. same importance, higher bar.
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer Time travel advice is cute until you realize most people would still ignore that DM. The real edge is recognizing the “first blog moment” while you’re in it, not after it trends.
@jeremyphoward this is gonna get interesting, can't wait to see who wins
@swyx @bendhalpern @jessleenyc @ThePracticalDev @MLHacks @aiDotEngineer Time flies, great to see Dev. to nostalgia mixed with MLH’s fresh energy!
