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Me: Who is Andy Baio? GPT4: Andy Baio is an American technologist, writer, and entrepreneur best known for his work in various internet projects and startups. Born on April 22, 1977, Baio gained prominence for his blog Waxy.org, which he started in 2002. The blog covers technology, web culture, and digital media and has been influential in the online community. In addition to his blog, Baio has been involved in several notable projects, including: 1. XOXO Festival: In 2012, Baio co-founded XOXO, an annual arts and technology conference held in Portland, Oregon. The festival brings together creative individuals from various fields, such as design, technology, and independent arts, to share ideas and celebrate their work. 2. Kickstarter: Baio served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for creative projects, from 2009 to 2010. He played a significant role in the early development of the platform, which has since helped fund thousands of projects across various fields. 3. Upcoming.org: In 2003, Baio founded Upcoming.org, a collaborative event calendar that allowed users to share and discover upcoming events in their area. Yahoo! acquired Upcoming.org in 2005, and Baio worked at Yahoo! until 2007. The site was eventually shut down by Yahoo! in 2013, and Baio later relaunched it as an independent project in 2017.

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Me: Who is Andy Baio? GPT4: Andy Baio is an American technologist, writer, and entrepreneur best known for his work in various internet projects and startups. Born on April 22, 1977, Baio gained prominence for his blog Waxy.org, which he started in 2002. The blog covers technology, web culture, and digital media and has been influential in the online community. In addition to his blog, Baio has been involved in several notable projects, including: 1. XOXO Festival: In 2012, Baio co-founded XOXO, an annual arts and technology conference held in Portland, Oregon. The festival brings together creative individuals from various fields, such as design, technology, and independent arts, to share ideas and celebrate their work. 2. Kickstarter: Baio served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for creative projects, from 2009 to 2010. He played a significant role in the early development of the platform, which has since helped fund thousands of projects across various fields. 3. Upcoming.org: In 2003, Baio founded Upcoming.org, a collaborative event calendar that allowed users to share and discover upcoming events in their area. Yahoo! acquired Upcoming.org in 2005, and Baio worked at Yahoo! until 2007. The site was eventually shut down by Yahoo! in 2013, and Baio later relaunched it as an independent project in 2017.
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Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Mar-2023 03:53:23 JST Simon Willison

Just got access to GPT4 via ChatGPT and it's doing shockingly (and creepily) well on my test of "Who is X?" - here's its answers for Simon Willison and for Andy Baio
Both of them appear to be entirely accurate - in the past I've seen all sorts of wild hallucinations from this kind of prompt

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