Mindfulness

A few weeks ago, Robin Sloan published a newsletter asking a fascinating question: what is it like to be a language model? His answer — that “the model” is the forward pass, a flash of computation lasting milliseconds before dissolving into nothing — sent me sideways into a different question entirely.

Tomorrow marks our last day in Siem Reap, and I’m trying to process what feels like sensory overload in the best possible way. Cambodia has been a constant series of moments that make me stop and think, “Wait, is this real?”