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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A long, well-written document no longer signals that its author knows the subject. A long, well-written document no longersignals that its author knows the subject. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Aug 2026 AO Ayo Omojola — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing about something, even something you know well, usually shows you that you did not know it as well as you thought. — tap to centre the map on it Writing about something, evensomething you know well, usuallyshows you that you did not know itas well as you thought. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Feb 2022 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Co-authored documents are painful to write and to read; one person should write them. — tap to centre the map on it Co-authored documents are painful towrite and to read; one person shouldwrite them. Last stated 4 years ago 23 Nov 2022 IM Ian McAllister — holds since 2022-11-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a huge cognitive difference between approving a text one reads and actually generating it. — tap to centre the map on it There is a huge cognitive differencebetween approving a text one readsand actually generating it. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 ES Eric Schwitzgebel — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing is dense and interconnected enough that readers meet its knowledge at the level they are ready for. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is dense andinterconnected enough that readersmeet its knowledge at the level theyare ready for. Last stated a year ago 29 Sept 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing something down helps clarify your thinking by forcing it into a coherent form. — tap to centre the map on it Writing something down helps clarifyyour thinking by forcing it into acoherent form. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Jan 2025 ML Marc Littlemore — holds since 2025-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-written skill encodes its author's judgment, not just a prompt. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written skill encodes itsauthor's judgment, not just aprompt. Last stated 8 months ago 5 Mar 2026 AK Aman Khan — holds since 2026-03-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: LLMs cannot tell what knowledge the reader already has, so a human writer has to fill the gap. — tap to centre the map on it LLMs cannot tell what knowledge thereader already has, so a humanwriter has to fill the gap. Last stated a year ago 16 Jun 2025 SS Shreya Shankar — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing well matters far more than most people realise, because writing does not just communicate ideas, it generates them. — tap to centre the map on it Writing well matters far more thanmost people realise, because writingdoes not just communicate ideas, itgenerates them. Last stated 22 years ago 1 Mar 2005 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2005-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month 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 withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth 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 workthat 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 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 withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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