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Read this korrent: AI gives a very clear idea of what is possible, but it is still up to people to walk the terrain.
AI gives a very clear idea of what is possible, but it is still up to people to walk the terrain.
Last stated 6 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them. — tap to centre the map on it
People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming. — tap to centre the map on it
No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so. — tap to centre the map on it
Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
NM
Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — 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
DH
Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. — tap to centre the map on it
The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
EM
Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI model capabilities have not slowed down so far, and their progress probably won't stop anytime soon. — tap to centre the map on it
AI model capabilities have not slowed down so far, and their progress probably won't stop anytime soon.
Last stated a month ago
3 Sept 2026
AR
Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use. — tap to centre the map on it
What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use.
Last stated 7 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
CD
Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 3 months ago
22 Jun 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NP
Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 2 years ago
13 Nov 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot. — tap to centre the map on it
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery. — tap to centre the map on it
An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery.
Last stated 11 years ago
31 Aug 2015
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Christopher Olah — holds since 2015-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Big product ideas rest on a dozen invisible small ideas that a copier never sees. — tap to centre the map on it
Big product ideas rest on a dozen invisible small ideas that a copier never sees.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
6 Sept 2026
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Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
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AI gives a very clear idea of what is possible, but it is still up to people to walk the terrain.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
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People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
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No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
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Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
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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 Demis Hassabis
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Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching.
Last stated 20 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Aswath Damodaran Howard Marks
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The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Ethan Mollick
Similar wording
AI model capabilities have not slowed down so far, and their progress probably won't stop anytime soon.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Armin Ronacher
Similar wording
What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Terence Tao
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: creativity
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: creativity
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nate Parrott
Same subject: creativity
Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch
Last stated 13 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: innovation
Acting on an idea reveals its true potential in a way that merely thinking about it cannot.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Same subject: innovation
An idea can look obvious in hindsight only because the insight that makes it obvious was itself the hard discovery.
Last stated 31 Aug 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Christopher Olah
Same subject: innovation
Big product ideas rest on a dozen invisible small ideas that a copier never sees.
Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Anish Acharya