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Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under semiconductors semiconductors Everything filed under data centers data centers Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A quiet price war among AI users is limiting the ability of big labs to increase revenue and pay hyperscalers. A quiet price war among AI users islimiting the ability of big labs toincrease revenue and pay hyperscalers. Last stated today 15 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI as good as a top researcher will not be priced like one, because it competes against the other labs rather than against humans. — tap to centre the map on it An AI as good as a top researcherwill not be priced like one, becauseit competes against the other labsrather than against humans. Last stated a year ago 15 Aug 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Token prices have stayed flat because labs deliberately kept models smaller than expected in order to get more experimental cycles. — tap to centre the map on it Token prices have stayed flatbecause labs deliberately keptmodels smaller than expected inorder to get more experimentalcycles. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI pricing is a big market delusion: each company’s implied revenues look plausible alone, but added together they exceed any market that could exist. — tap to centre the map on it AI pricing is a big market delusion:each company’s implied revenues lookplausible alone, but added togetherthey exceed any market that couldexist. Last stated 10 months ago 3 Dec 2025 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best-performing AI model in a category earns outsized pricing power over models that are merely close to it. — tap to centre the map on it The best-performing AI model in acategory earns outsized pricingpower over models that are merelyclose to it. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 BH Byrne Hobart — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nvidia's engineers can routinely get another 2x out of an AI lab's stack, and doubling the tokens a fleet produces doubles that lab's revenue. — tap to centre the map on it Nvidia's engineers can routinely getanother 2x out of an AI lab's stack,and doubling the tokens a fleetproduces doubles that lab's revenue. Last stated 6 months ago 15 Apr 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: More AI models that deliver top-tier performance at lower cost are needed. — tap to centre the map on it More AI models that deliver top-tierperformance at lower cost areneeded. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no AI bubble on the demand side: the shortage of computing capacity is global, and spans every company and industry. — tap to centre the map on it There is no AI bubble on the demandside: the shortage of computingcapacity is global, and spans everycompany and industry. Last stated 9 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: When the subsidies behind AI pricing run out, the companies that embraced AI programming will cut back on it. — tap to centre the map on it When the subsidies behind AI pricingrun out, the companies that embracedAI programming will cut back on it. Last stated 4 months ago 24 Jun 2026 NE NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A likely outcome is that many occupations are eventually mostly replaced by AI while humans still have plenty to do. — tap to centre the map on it A likely outcome is that manyoccupations are eventually mostlyreplaced by AI while humans stillhave plenty to do. Last stated a month ago 7 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 3 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — 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 itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield 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 bereported under a stated budget, oras 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 itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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