What Zach Holman thinks about LLMs
Web developer and writer; an early GitHub employee, author of speaking.io and of widely read essays on startups and product.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Zach Holman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAI has made it so insanely easy to grab a few factoids from your bio in an effort to "tailor" their approach to you.
↗As Someone Who Has Written This Blog Post,zachholman.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsNo real fucking human being talks like that. In fact, I think that might be the only remaining Turing test we have left.
↗As Someone Who Has Written This Blog Post,zachholman.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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