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Read this korrent: Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us.
Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us.
Last stated a year ago
5 Apr 2025
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Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Very capable AI will be harder to align than current systems, because the loop of spotting a bad behaviour and patching the training that caused it breaks down. — tap to centre the map on it
Very capable AI will be harder to align than current systems, because the loop of spotting a bad behaviour and patching the training that caused it breaks down.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An end-to-end self-improving AI is probably possible, but it is not even desirable, because it is a hard-takeoff scenario. — tap to centre the map on it
An end-to-end self-improving AI is probably possible, but it is not even desirable, because it is a hard-takeoff scenario.
Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival. — tap to centre the map on it
Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival.
Last stated 3 years ago
13 Dec 2023
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Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are
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Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away. — tap to centre the map on it
AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The stable one-profession career is becoming a thing of the past; what will still be needed alongside AI is reasoning with abstractions and problem-solving when things go wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
The stable one-profession career is becoming a thing of the past; what will still be needed alongside AI is reasoning with abstractions and problem-solving when things go wrong.
Last stated a year ago
14 Jun 2025
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Terence Tao — holds since 2025-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet. — tap to centre the map on it
Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. — tap to centre the map on it
Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception.
Last stated 9 years ago
24 Feb 2018
PC
Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists. — tap to centre the map on it
The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. — tap to centre the map on it
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
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Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office. — tap to centre the map on it
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth. — tap to centre the map on it
AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-01-01 — 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
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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
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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
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us.
Last stated 5 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds HT Helen Toner
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Similar wording
Very capable AI will be harder to align than current systems, because the loop of spotting a bad behaviour and patching the training that caused it breaks down.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
Similar wording
An end-to-end self-improving AI is probably possible, but it is not even desirable, because it is a hard-takeoff scenario.
Last stated 23 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds DH Demis Hassabis
Similar wording
Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival.
Last stated 13 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
No longer holds SA Scott Aaronson
Similar wording
AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Similar wording
The stable one-profession career is becoming a thing of the past; what will still be needed alongside AI is reasoning with abstractions and problem-solving when things go wrong.
Last stated 14 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds TT Terence Tao
Similar wording
Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Similar wording
Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception.
Last stated 24 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds PC Paul Christiano
Similar wording
The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
Same subject: AI alignment
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AI alignment
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Same subject: AI alignment
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 24 Oct 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds ÉT Émile P. Torres
Same subject: AI and jobs
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: AI and jobs
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds AI Alex Imas
Same subject: AI and jobs
AI could displace half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years, even while it accelerates economic growth.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds DA Dario Amodei
Same subject: OpenAI
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 18 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: OpenAI
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 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
Same subject: OpenAI
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy