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LLMs Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A language model is not using language at all, because language requires an intention to communicate. A language model is not using language at all, because language requires an intention to communicate. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
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Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply… Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of… Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large language model is the genetic system for language: it stores the dynamics of a structure that until now lived only across human brains. — tap to centre the map on it A large language model is the genetic system for language: it stores the dynamics of a structure that until now lived… Last stated 2 years ago 13 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A swarm of untrusted volunteers on the internet could improve models and run circles around the frontier labs, because the earth has far more compute than they do. — tap to centre the map on it A swarm of untrusted volunteers on the internet could improve models and run circles around the frontier… Last stated 6 months ago 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Almost every major figure in AI has now arrived at the critique of large language models he began making in 2019. — tap to centre the map on it Almost every major figure in AI has now arrived at the critique of large language models he began making in… Last stated 11 months ago 26 Sept 2025 · 11 months ago
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AlphaGo and MuZero are far more impressive than large language models, because they play beyond the best humans while the models write middle-school essays. — tap to centre the map on it AlphaGo and MuZero are far more impressive than large language models, because they play beyond the best humans… Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 · 3 years ago
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George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An LLM is an averaging machine, so it is good at themes and bad at exactly the un-average details that make customer research actionable. — tap to centre the map on it An LLM is an averaging machine, so it is good at themes and bad at exactly the un-average details that make… Last stated 7 months ago 25 Jan 2026 · 7 months ago
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are