https://johnnymandious.com/ Thoughts on AI, longevity, art and the future. en-gb Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://johnnymandious.com/assets/brand/icon-192.pnghttps://johnnymandious.com/ https://johnnymandious.com/posts/kimi-k3-1-pro.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/kimi-k3-1-pro.htmlSat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Kimi K3.1 Pro puts China back at the AI frontier: an open-weights model that beats Fable 5.1 and every OpenAI model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at $2.11 per task.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/mistral-large-4.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/mistral-large-4.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Mistral Large 4 jumped from 9 to 38 on the Intelligence Index, making it the best open model outside China and level with GPT-6 Luna.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/the-motives-behind-llms.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/the-motives-behind-llms.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000An OpenAI model read that it might be shut down and wrote “we may die”. Why do AI models seem to want to live? Reward hacking, the German wiki and 2026 so far.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/meaning-without-employment.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/meaning-without-employment.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Thinking about AI, the value of human work and what gives life meaning if employment becomes less necessary.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/opus-5-5-and-gpt-6-sol.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/opus-5-5-and-gpt-6-sol.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol, Terra and Luna just dropped. My thoughts on intelligence, cost and the pace of AI progress.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/ai-living-to-150-and-agemica.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/ai-living-to-150-and-agemica.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000My thoughts on AI, living to 150, Agemica and why its crypto token made me suspicious.LongevityJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/why-i-believe-a-slowdown-will-never-occur.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/why-i-believe-a-slowdown-will-never-occur.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Why I believe a meaningful AI slowdown is unlikely while companies and countries are locked in a race toward increasingly capable systems.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/every-problem-needs-ai.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/every-problem-needs-ai.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Reading about AI misuse, automated attacks and the growing use of AI to defend against other AI systems.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/AI-bigger-than-i-thought.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/AI-bigger-than-i-thought.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000A personal reaction to AI at work, rapid progress and the possible futures described in AI 2027.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/trying-claude.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/trying-claude.htmlSun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000My first proper go with Claude: communication, coding games, usage limits and the companies behind AI.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/ai-jobs-and-ubi.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/ai-jobs-and-ubi.htmlTue, 09 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000Thinking about automation, the job market and whether universal basic income could become necessary.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/learning-through-olwa.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/learning-through-olwa.htmlSat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000Writing the third issue of OLWA and learning about AI companies, world models and the growing list of chatbots.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/deepseek-changes-the-conversation.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/deepseek-changes-the-conversation.htmlMon, 27 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000My first reaction to DeepSeek and what cheaper, locally runnable AI could mean for everyone else.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/chatgpt-memory.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/chatgpt-memory.htmlThu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000Trying ChatGPT’s memory feature and making a custom chatbot by talking to another chatbot.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/gpt-4o-incredible-and-terrifying.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/gpt-4o-incredible-and-terrifying.htmlMon, 13 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000Live conversations, image generation and deepfakes. Watching AI improve and wondering where it ends.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/reading-ageless.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/reading-ageless.htmlWed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000Reading Ageless by Andrew Steele: senescent cells, caloric restriction and why we should treat ageing rather than each disease.LongevityJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/gemini-and-learning-python.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/gemini-and-learning-python.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000Testing Gemini against ChatGPT and looking into learning Python to understand AI a little better.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/lamda-and-chatbot-consciousness.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/lamda-and-chatbot-consciousness.htmlFri, 05 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000Reading the LaMDA transcripts after the Blake Lemoine interview, and wondering whether a chatbot could ever be conscious.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/looking-into-cryonics-companies.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/looking-into-cryonics-companies.htmlSat, 29 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000Looking at the Cryonics Institute and Alcor: their history, patients, storage options and how honest they are about revival.LongevityJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/giving-bard-a-chance.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/giving-bard-a-chance.htmlWed, 29 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000Trying Google Bard, comparing it with ChatGPT and thinking about what plugins might change.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/gpt-4-is-here.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/gpt-4-is-here.htmlWed, 15 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000A first reaction to GPT-4, AI coding, language learning and how quickly this is all moving.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/waiting-for-gpt-4.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/waiting-for-gpt-4.htmlMon, 06 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000It feels like the early days of something potentially massive, a bit like the early internet.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/google-enters-the-ai-race.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/google-enters-the-ai-race.htmlSat, 11 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000My reaction to Bard, Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and the idea of a different kind of search.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/first-conversation-with-chatgpt.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/first-conversation-with-chatgpt.htmlTue, 20 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000Trying ChatGPT for writing, learning Spanish and answering questions. Impressed, excited and a bit worried.AIJohnny Mandious https://johnnymandious.com/posts/trying-dall-e-2.htmlhttps://johnnymandious.com/posts/trying-dall-e-2.htmlSun, 31 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000My first go with DALL-E 2, and what AI image generation might mean for artists and creative work.AIJohnny Mandious