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15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every announcement of a longer context window hides the cost, which is that the model gets worse at following instructions. — tap to centre the map on it Every announcement of a longer context window hides the cost, which is that the model gets worse at following instructions. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Four things about a context window decide what an agent does next: its size, whether the information in it is correct, whether information is missing, and the trajectory it is already on. — tap to centre the map on it Four things about a context window decide what an agent does next: its size, whether the information in it is correct, whether information is missing, and the trajectory it is already on. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What sits in a model's context is far clearer to it than its training data, which is trillions of tokens stirred into a soup of parameters. — tap to centre the map on it What sits in a model's context is far clearer to it than its training data, which is trillions of tokens stirred into a soup of parameters. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
JD
Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An MCP fills up an AI's context window very quickly. — tap to centre the map on it An MCP fills up an AI's context window very quickly. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
KP
Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The point of context engineering is to do as much work as possible in the smart zone — roughly the first hundred thousand tokens of the context window. — tap to centre the map on it The point of context engineering is to do as much work as possible in the smart zone — roughly the first hundred thousand tokens of the context window. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automatic context given to coding models should clear a high bar for accuracy and relevance, since more context makes them slower, costlier and more confused. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic context given to coding models should clear a high bar for accuracy and relevance, since more context makes them slower, costlier and more confused. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Oct 2024
MT
Michael Truell — holds since 2024-10-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most future growth in large language models' practical value will come from how they are harnessed and connected to other tools, not from the core models alone. — tap to centre the map on it Most future growth in large language models' practical value will come from how they are harnessed and connected to other tools, not from the core models alone. Last stated 8 months ago
23 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability. — tap to centre the map on it The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability. Last stated 3 months ago
9 Jul 2026
TF
Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 2 days ago
21 Oct 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
NB
Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
DP
Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
GS
Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
CB
Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
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Every announcement of a longer context window hides the cost, which is that the model gets worse at following instructions.
Holds
Four things about a context window decide what an agent does next: its size, whether the information in it is correct, whether information is missing, and the trajectory it is already on.
Holds
What sits in a model's context is far clearer to it than its training data, which is trillions of tokens stirred into a soup of parameters.
Holds
An MCP fills up an AI's context window very quickly.
Holds
The point of context engineering is to do as much work as possible in the smart zone — roughly the first hundred thousand tokens of the context window.
Holds
Automatic context given to coding models should clear a high bar for accuracy and relevance, since more context makes them slower, costlier and more confused.
Holds
Most future growth in large language models' practical value will come from how they are harnessed and connected to other tools, not from the core models alone.
Holds
The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
Holds
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Holds
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Holds
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Holds