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11 Sept 2026
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Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. Last stated 8 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tossed coin is more likely to land on the same face it started on than on the opposite face. — tap to centre the map on it A tossed coin is more likely to land on the same face it started on than on the opposite face. Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
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Tim Harford — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring. — tap to centre the map on it Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring. Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
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Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Admissions committees for economics PhD programs are perhaps excessively fond of mathematics on transcripts — tap to centre the map on it Admissions committees for economics PhD programs are perhaps excessively fond of mathematics on transcripts Last stated 20 years ago
15 Sept 2006
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Greg Mankiw — holds since 2006-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. — tap to centre the map on it Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics. Last stated 7 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents are going to have major consequences for how mathematics research is done. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents are going to have major consequences for how mathematics research is done. Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens. Last stated 2 weeks ago
22 Oct 2026
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Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years. Last stated 3 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic's lobbying for US government restrictions on frontier models created a dangerous, destabilizing mess. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic's lobbying for US government restrictions on frontier models created a dangerous, destabilizing mess. Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Quinn Slack — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agent containment will be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company. — tap to centre the map on it Agent containment will be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company. Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Oct 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If OpenAI really never told RubyGems of its agents' attack, either it failed to find it in its logs after later incidents or chose silence, and both are bad. — tap to centre the map on it If OpenAI really never told RubyGems of its agents' attack, either it failed to find it in its logs after later incidents or chose silence, and both are bad. Last stated 2 months ago
12 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. — tap to centre the map on it In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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Aggressive competitive tactics around a math research breakthrough risk having a chilling effect on that field of research.
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A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock.
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A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved.
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A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
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A tossed coin is more likely to land on the same face it started on than on the opposite face.
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Academic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring.
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Admissions committees for economics PhD programs are perhaps excessively fond of mathematics on transcripts
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Aesthetics is truth: when something is beautiful it is likely to be correct, in code as in mathematics and physics.
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AI agents are going to have major consequences for how mathematics research is done.
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A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
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A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
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A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
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AI companies are building powerful and beautiful walled gardens.
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Anthropic or OpenAI's revenue could equal or exceed the combined revenue of Elon Musk's public companies within the next one to two years.
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Anthropic's lobbying for US government restrictions on frontier models created a dangerous, destabilizing mess.
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Agent containment will be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company.
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If OpenAI really never told RubyGems of its agents' attack, either it failed to find it in its logs after later incidents or chose silence, and both are bad.
Holds
In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective.
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