Amjad Masad
Founder and chief executive of Replit. Previously an engineer at Facebook and Codecademy. Writes essays on programming, philosophy and entrepreneurship at amasad.me.
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@amasadx.com His X account.
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- Ken Thompson’s “Reflections on Trusting Trust” feels super relevant to AI. He bootstrapped a “poisoned” compiler that left no traces of the poison in the sourc… 4 Sept 2026
- Marvin Minsky wrote about this in The Emotion Machine. Emotions are a core part of human intelligence, not some epiphenomenal side effect of human evolution (w… 4 Sept 2026
- GPT-6 is a major jump in capabilities and will unlock new use-cases. Will launch on Replit very soon for you to try it! 3 Sept 2026
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- Really cool to see Foster City, where Replit is HQ’d, councilwoman is building on Replit to help the community! 3 Sept 2026
- Many AI’s are down but not all of them. Replit will route you to the available model! 3 Sept 2026
- Replit is coming to London 🇬🇧 To celebrate Replit’s first international office in London, together with our friends @OpenAI, we're hosting a night of drinks,… 2 Sept 2026
- Good iOS interaction tips! 1 Sept 2026
- If you ever wondered how civilizations are built, it’s actually easy: [Agent() for _ in range(100)] 31 Aug 2026
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github.com/amasadGitHub His GitHub account.
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- jfk_files 19 Mar 2025
- scenec_drives 1 Oct 2024
- static-here — A command-line tool for creating a static file server from the current working directory. 30 Jul 2024
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- sane — sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable filesystem watcher. No bells and whistles, just change events. 18 Jun 2024
- pg-basic 20 May 2024
- hello_yc 2 May 2023
- biwascheme_clone 2 Apr 2023
- nextjs-template — for replit 5 Jan 2023
- jest-playground — Play around with jest 5 Jan 2023
- enzyme-playground 5 Jan 2023
- test 21 Jul 2022
- github-slideshow — A robot powered training repository :robot: 14 Dec 2020
- testing_with_zeb 9 Jul 2020
Link verified 4 Sept 2026. Recent items update automatically from the channel.
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Reasons and Persons Mixed on
It includes all sorts of thought experiments that all but destroys the concept of self. I couldn’t finish the book because it was too hard and jargony.
amasad.me 2017-01-08
Society of Mind Liked
which plausibly breaks down the mind into modules and presents it as if it’s a big piece of software
amasad.me 2017-01-08
The Beginning of Infinity Recommends
This book layed out the basis for a hopeful and optimistic Physicalist worldview.
amasad.me 2017-01-08
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies Recommends
luckily I was aided by a few books that I recommend to anyone who wants to come to terms with this
amasad.me 2017-01-08
Philosophize This! Loved
My favorite books so far: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel, The Guide to the Good Life by William Braxton, and the Philosophize This! podcast.
amasad.me 2016-01-13
A Guide to the Good Life Loved
My favorite books so far: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel, The Guide to the Good Life by William Braxton, and the Philosophize This! podcast.
amasad.me 2016-01-13
A History of Western Philosophy Loved
My favorite books so far: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel, The Guide to the Good Life by William Braxton, and the Philosophize This! podcast.
amasad.me 2016-01-13
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- Ken Thompson’s “Reflections on Trusting Trust” feels super relevant to AI. He bootstrapped a “poisoned” compiler that left no traces of the poison in the sourc… 4 Sept
- Marvin Minsky wrote about this in The Emotion Machine. Emotions are a core part of human intelligence, not some epiphenomenal side effect of human evolution (w… 4 Sept Quoting@danysvntOPENAI COFOUNDER SAYS EMOTIONS MAY BE WHY WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ilya brings up a guy who lost emotional processing after brain damage. he c…
- GPT-6 is a major jump in capabilities and will unlock new use-cases. Will launch on Replit very soon for you to try it! 3 Sept
- Really cool to see Foster City, where Replit is HQ’d, councilwoman is building on Replit to help the community! 3 Sept Quoting@PhoebeSVenkatOver the last week, many people were asking for help/offering help due to the 815 Sea Spray fire. I was searching for resources, and copyin…
- Many AI’s are down but not all of them. Replit will route you to the available model! 3 Sept Quoting@KhaledAtieh_Not to brag but i did not notice a single hiccup while using Replit today. Yo @amasad Auto mode is underrated.
- Replit is coming to London 🇬🇧 To celebrate Replit’s first international office in London, together with our friends @OpenAI, we're hosting a night of drinks,… 2 Sept
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- Good iOS interaction tips! 1 Sept Quoting@nobita2040ReplitのiOSアプリは、スマホの小さい画面を効率よく使えるように様々な工夫が施されています。 - 上にスワイプしてプロジェクト一覧確認 - 右にスワイプしてツール呼び出し - さらに右にスワイプてカンバンボード
- If you ever wondered how civilizations are built, it’s actually easy: [Agent() for _ in range(100)] 31 Aug
- jfk_files 19 Mar 2025
- scenec_drives 1 Oct 2024
- static-here — A command-line tool for creating a static file server from the current working directory. 30 Jul 2024
- sane — sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable filesystem watcher. No bells and whistles, just change events. 18 Jun 2024
- pg-basic 20 May 2024
- hello_yc 2 May 2023
- biwascheme_clone 2 Apr 2023
- nextjs-template — for replit 5 Jan 2023
- jest-playground — Play around with jest 5 Jan 2023
- enzyme-playground 5 Jan 2023
- test 21 Jul 2022
- github-slideshow — A robot powered training repository :robot: 14 Dec 2020
- testing_with_zeb 9 Jul 2020
- Rationality: From AI to Zombies 8 Jan 2017 Recommends
- The Beginning of Infinity 8 Jan 2017 Recommends
- Society of Mind 8 Jan 2017 Liked
- Reasons and Persons 8 Jan 2017 Mixed on
- A History of Western Philosophy 13 Jan 2016 Loved
- A Guide to the Good Life 13 Jan 2016 Loved
- Philosophize This! 13 Jan 2016 Loved