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Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under pruning pruning Everything filed under neural networks neural networks Everything filed under world models world models Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. A system trained only on what is alreadyknown cannot produce genuine surprises,because a known thing stops being asurprise. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overturned findings do not make knowledge entirely uncertain; we are approaching the truth asymptotically — tap to centre the map on it Overturned findings do not makeknowledge entirely uncertain; we areapproaching the truth asymptotically Last stated 4 days ago 29 Sept 2026 SA Samuel Arbesman — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The knowledge a model soaks up in pre-training is holding it back; what we actually want is the intelligence with the knowledge stripped out. — tap to centre the map on it The knowledge a model soaks up inpre-training is holding it back;what we actually want is theintelligence with the knowledgestripped out. Last stated 12 months ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Synthetic experience can only rehearse what a system already knows; information about the world has to be injected from outside. — tap to centre the map on it Synthetic experience can onlyrehearse what a system alreadyknows; information about the worldhas to be injected from outside. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The lesson of the LHC is a cautionary one: you must not assume what is there before it has actually been found. — tap to centre the map on it The lesson of the LHC is acautionary one: you must not assumewhat is there before it has actuallybeen found. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: An obvious technological shift can take so long to arrive that observers give up expecting it, only for it to happen right after they stop watching for it. — tap to centre the map on it An obvious technological shift cantake so long to arrive thatobservers give up expecting it, onlyfor it to happen right after theystop watching for it. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 HD Horace Dediu — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deep learning generalises badly, and catastrophic interference with what a network already knew is the proof of it. — tap to centre the map on it Deep learning generalises badly, andcatastrophic interference with whata network already knew is the proofof it. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: History has no predetermined path: its course turns on unpredictable contingencies rather than on deep currents that would have produced the same outcome anyway. — tap to centre the map on it History has no predetermined path:its course turns on unpredictablecontingencies rather than on deepcurrents that would have producedthe same outcome anyway. Last stated 4 years ago 26 Aug 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A program is only worth running if its behavior cannot be fully foreseen in advance. — tap to centre the map on it A program is only worth running ifits behavior cannot be fullyforeseen in advance. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Jul 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confusedinstruction: what deserves trust isthe process, not any particularthing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teamsracing on the same question producesless reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a smallbut real one as the studies improveis a sign that a field is working,not failing. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Activism and ideological conformity weaken scholarly norms in academia. — tap to centre the map on it Activism and ideological conformityweaken scholarly norms in academia. Last stated a week ago 24 Sept 2026 RK Razib Khan — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow. — tap to centre the map on it Batteries will replace transmissionas the cheapest way to keep thelights on, and the grid will shrinkrather than grow. Last stated 10 months ago 8 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most harnesses need some pruning on compaction for cost reasons, which Jev might help with. — tap to centre the map on it Most harnesses need some pruning oncompaction for cost reasons, whichJev might help with. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neuroplasticity is as much the removal of connections as the growth of new ones, so pruning is a form of learning rather than a form of decay. — tap to centre the map on it Neuroplasticity is as much theremoval of connections as the growthof new ones, so pruning is a form oflearning rather than a form ofdecay. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago Holds Cory Doctorow Read this korrent →