Persimmon in Humans& turns out to be an acronym: 'PERSON SIMulation MOdel N'
philhchen · x · 2026-10-31
An AI-community trivia post: someone noticed that "persimmon" in Humans& (the AI startup founded by ex-Anthropic folks) is a hidden acronym for "PERson SIMulation MOdel N" — the persimmon name quietly encodes "person simulation model."
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