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Nick Winter
@nwinter
AI safety (Gray Swan AI), entrepreneur (CodeCombat, Skritter), author (The Motivation Hacker), dad, and all-around hacker guy.
Bellevue, WA
nickwinter.net
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    Nick Winter
    @nwinter
    Jul 3
    Just realized that I have never once thought about a pink elephant until today. I had only ever thought about either the phrase “pink elephant” or the image of an uncolored or normal-colored elephant.
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    Nick Winter
    @nwinter
    Mar 24
    2026: we try to make our writing pass as human, to give the appearance of substance and authenticity. 2027?: we try to make our ideas pass as AI-generated, to give the appearance of correctness and consensus.
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    Nick Winter
    @nwinter
    Oct 8, 2025
    Me: Man, I wish we could just automate all that. Scott: You can't automate everything in life! What would be left? We need to get you a desktop Zen sand garden, so you can practice relaxing. Me: <looks at automated robotic Zen sand garden whirring on my second desk> uhhh, well...
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    Nick Winter
    @nwinter
    Oct 5, 2025
    14th year of annual personal inventory posts as I turn 40 today, reflections including glacial peaks, fitness peaks, becoming a homeowner on the last day of my 30s, and changing my mind about age-related cognitive decline: nickwinter.net/me-day/2025
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    Nick Winter
    @nwinter
    Oct 8, 2024
    Just finished competing in @GraySwanAI's month-long Ultimate Jailbreaking Competition. Hundreds of red-teamers let loose in a chat arena with 25 anonymized AI models. A lot more intense than I thought. Who won? Which AIs survived? Wrote up a gory-details blog post. [1/18]
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