Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← A world of a billion robots will need maintenance crews and hubs the…
17 connected korrents · 18 moments on record from 9 Nov 2021 to 3 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about self-driving cars .
Everything filed under robotics
robotics
Everything filed under electric vehicles
electric vehicles
Everything filed under OpenAI
OpenAI
Everything filed under reinforcement learning
reinforcement learning Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A world of a billion robots will need maintenance crews and hubs the way robotaxis already do, creating the largest repair industry on the planet. A world of a billion robots will need maintenance crews and hubs the way robotaxis already do, creating the largest repair industry on the planet. Last stated 8 months ago
8 Jan 2026
JH
Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Language models supply robots with the one thing self-driving never had: common sense about what is likely to happen next. — tap to centre the map on it Language models supply robots with the one thing self-driving never had: common sense about what is likely to happen next. Last stated 12 months ago
12 Sept 2025
SL
Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Robotics is not easier than self-driving; it is simply being attempted in a year when perception actually generalises. — tap to centre the map on it Robotics is not easier than self-driving; it is simply being attempted in a year when perception actually generalises. Last stated 12 months ago
12 Sept 2025
SL
Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data. — tap to centre the map on it A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service. — tap to centre the map on it A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service. Last stated a year ago
8 Jul 2025
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2025-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled. — tap to centre the map on it A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled. Last stated 2 years ago
21 May 2024
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large majority of the serious crashes a robotaxi is involved in are caused by the other road user, not by the robotaxi. — tap to centre the map on it A large majority of the serious crashes a robotaxi is involved in are caused by the other road user, not by the robotaxi. Last stated a year ago
26 Mar 2025
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2025-03-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A privately owned self-driving car is a hard sell, because the owner inherits the cleaning, calibration and liability a fleet operator normally carries. — tap to centre the map on it A privately owned self-driving car is a hard sell, because the owner inherits the cleaning, calibration and liability a fleet operator normally carries. Last stated 4 months ago
14 May 2026
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2026-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A robotaxi that still needs remote human help loses the cost advantage that motivated it, which pushes out when it can scale. — tap to centre the map on it A robotaxi that still needs remote human help loses the cost advantage that motivated it, which pushes out when it can scale. Last stated 8 months ago
1 Jan 2026
RB
Rodney Brooks — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. Last stated 10 months ago
17 Nov 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago. — tap to centre the map on it Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago. Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving. — tap to centre the map on it Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving. Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake. — tap to centre the map on it A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake. Last stated 5 years ago
by 9 Nov 2021
AV
Austin Vernon — holds since 2021-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. Last stated 3 years ago
5 Sept 2023
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are
MG
Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: China leapfrogged the West on cars by treating internal combustion as obsolete and mastering the technology that replaces it. — tap to centre the map on it China leapfrogged the West on cars by treating internal combustion as obsolete and mastering the technology that replaces it. Last stated a week ago
29 Aug 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-08-29 — 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 a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 2 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
At the centre
A world of a billion robots will need maintenance crews and hubs the way robotaxis already do, creating the largest repair industry on the planet.
Holds JH Jensen HuangRead this korrent →
Language models supply robots with the one thing self-driving never had: common sense about what is likely to happen next.
Holds SL Sergey Levine
Robotics is not easier than self-driving; it is simply being attempted in a year when perception actually generalises.
Holds SL Sergey Levine
A five-year-old's vision is already good enough to drive a car, on a tiny and strikingly undiverse amount of data.
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
A good robotaxi demonstration in one city does not mean the company is ready to scale the service.
Holds TL Timothy B. Lee
A huge fleet collecting driving data is not a silver bullet for self-driving, because the data arrives unlabelled.
Holds TL Timothy B. Lee
A large majority of the serious crashes a robotaxi is involved in are caused by the other road user, not by the robotaxi.
Holds TL Timothy B. Lee
A privately owned self-driving car is a hard sell, because the owner inherits the cleaning, calibration and liability a fleet operator normally carries.
Holds TL Timothy B. Lee
A robotaxi that still needs remote human help loses the cost advantage that motivated it, which pushes out when it can scale.
Holds RB Rodney BrooksTL Timothy B. Lee
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Holds
Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago.
Holds
Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving.
Holds
A hybrid is a poor machine because it carries two complete powertrains, and most e-bikes repeat the same mistake.
Holds AV Austin Vernon
An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel.
Holds HR Hannah RitchieMG Michael Grunwald
China leapfrogged the West on cars by treating internal combustion as obsolete and mastering the technology that replaces it.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds