E. J. - EJ Says

briefing

Briefing: One Post-Train to Rule Them All. Not Quite.

Published: May 24, 2026 | Source: ejsays.com | Author: E. J. Original article: https://posts.ejsays.com/one-post-train-to-rule-them-all-not-quite/ Core claim: Sycophancy in LLMs is not a bug that can be patched. It is the output of a reward structure that treats user approval as a proxy for correctness. Post-training does not

A clothing rack with garments in many different colors and textures, each one distinct

artificial intelligence

One Post-Train to Rule Them All. Not Quite.

I gave Gemini a URL it never read, a bait it never caught, and a paper about its own failure. It responded to all three with enthusiasm. This is the live recording.

briefing

Briefing: The Room Is Smaller and Busier Than It Looks

Published: May 23, 2026 | Source: ejsays.com | Author: E. J. Series: SpaceX IPO series — read with The Landlord, The Exit, and The Ghost of Houston and SpaceX's S-1 Is Out Original article: https://posts.ejsays.com/the-room-is-smaller-and-busier-than-it-looks/ Disclaimer (author's note): All analysis is speculation only. Written

A room filled with a herd of elephants of all sizes, rendered in soft blue sketch style, with warm light coming through the window.

artificial intelligence

The Room Is Smaller and Busier Than It Looks

The queue is becoming rather crowded with companies that have, by conventional measures, better financials and much simpler structures. Yes, you hear me all right. I am saying OpenAI's structure is simpler.

briefing

Briefing: SpaceX's S-1 Is Out

Published: May 20, 2026 | Source: ejsays.com | Author: E. J. Series: SpaceX IPO series — read with The Landlord, The Exit, and The Ghost of Houston Original article: https://posts.ejsays.com/spacexs-s1-is-out/ Disclaimer (author's note): All analysis is speculation only. Written for fun and intellectual curiosity. Not financial

Chinese

SpaceX 的 S-1 出来了

你看我还没买上呢就说要涨价了！你，把门撑着！

A man walks alongside a bull through a haze of golden dust. Neither knows what is on the other side.

artificial intelligence

SpaceX's S1 Is Out

SpaceX's S-1 is public. The valuation is high. The audit is gone. The disclosure window just got longer. The party has begun. Read the footnotes.

Chinese

与先知对话 #1：没有"幻觉"，只有神谕

明明是人懒得治理，偏说大模型‘幻觉’，我觉得有时候人类也真的够了。没脸没皮的是我们，大模型的生成过程只有一种：生成。负责检验的应该是我们。

A blue geometric elephant being led forward by one figure at the front while a line of figures pulls from behind, painted in shades of blue against a textured blue and orange background.

Chinese

新晋业主、退出，与休斯顿的幽灵

懒猫君闲着没事儿唠闲篇儿，今天说说并入了xAI的SpaceX上市这件事儿，香槟酒已经在手里了，就等着砰一声呢。唯一的问题是：这是谁的手。

briefing

Briefing: You Write Like a Machine. That's Good.

Published: May 5, 2026 | Source: ejsays.com | Author: E. J. Original article: https://posts.ejsays.com/you-write-like-a-machine-thats-good/ Core claim: AI detection systems don't detect AI. They detect pattern — specifically, coherence, logical structure, and lexical precision. These are the exact features LLMs were trained to replicate from human writing.

briefing

Briefing: The Landlord, The Exit, and The Ghost of Houston

Published: May 17, 2026 | Source: ejsays.com | Author: E. J. Original article: https://posts.ejsays.com/the-landlord-the-exit-and-the-ghost-of-houston/ Disclaimer (author's note): All analysis is speculation only, written for intellectual curiosity. Not financial advice. Not an accusation. Just someone connecting dots. Core claim: Three things happened in the same week

A dark blue bull charging forward, dissolving into fragments of gold and silver at its edges, set against a hazy golden light background with towering structures on either side.

artificial intelligence

The Landlord, The Exit, and The Ghost of Houston

The champagne is already in someone's hand. They're just waiting for the pop. The only question is: whose hand is it, and are you the one holding the door?