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21 Dec 2023
MJ
Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending. Last stated 5 years ago
19 Oct 2021
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Émile P. Torres — no longer holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become. — tap to centre the map on it The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Dec 2023
MJ
Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Institutions with the most high-minded mission statements attract the most opportunistic conformists, making them the most vulnerable to ideological takeover. — tap to centre the map on it Institutions with the most high-minded mission statements attract the most opportunistic conformists, making them the most vulnerable to ideological takeover. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Mar 2023
JF
Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2023-03-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The commitments of longtermism are themselves a major reason humanity faces so many risks to its survival in the first place. — tap to centre the map on it The commitments of longtermism are themselves a major reason humanity faces so many risks to its survival in the first place. Last stated 5 years ago
19 Oct 2021
ÉT
Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. — tap to centre the map on it Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is not rational to say something is likely to end humanity in one's lifetime while planning to completely wing it. — tap to centre the map on it It is not rational to say something is likely to end humanity in one's lifetime while planning to completely wing it. Last stated a month ago
13 Sept 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People who believe AI poses an existential risk tend to hold a totalitarian ideology that requires universal agreement to work. — tap to centre the map on it People who believe AI poses an existential risk tend to hold a totalitarian ideology that requires universal agreement to work. Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Daniel Lemire — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — 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 be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality — tap to centre the map on it A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality Last stated 3 years ago
10 Oct 2023
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2023-10-10 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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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 not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 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 for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
At the centre
A movement that has decided its job is to save humanity is uniquely prone to hubris, dogma and motivated reasoning.
Holds Read this korrent →
Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending.
No longer holds
The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become.
Holds
Institutions with the most high-minded mission statements attract the most opportunistic conformists, making them the most vulnerable to ideological takeover.
Holds
Thinking, judgement and knowledge are worth pursuing for the joy in them, not in order to defend human uniqueness.
Holds
The commitments of longtermism are themselves a major reason humanity faces so many risks to its survival in the first place.
Holds
Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster.
Holds
It is not rational to say something is likely to end humanity in one's lifetime while planning to completely wing it.
Holds
People who believe AI poses an existential risk tend to hold a totalitarian ideology that requires universal agreement to work.
Holds
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Holds
A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally.
Holds
A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck.
Holds
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds
A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
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.
Holds
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.
Holds