New book SolidGoldMagikarp chronicles the 2022-2024 LLM whisperer era of AI history
mpshanahan · x · 2026-10-18
A new book, SolidGoldMagikarp: A Descent into the AI Underworld by Matthew Watkins (W&N), documents the 2022–2024 era when a loose community of "LLM whisperers" like @repligate and @AndyAyrey conjured extraordinary behaviors from the depths of latent space. Named after the infamous anomalous-token incident, the book is praised by mpshanahan as a wonderful record of a unique period in AI history, with a shout-out to those who were there.
Related event: Shanahan Recommends SolidGoldMagikarp, Chronicle of the LLM Whisperers Era(5 posts)→
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