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← AI is an antidote to slop rather than a creator of it.

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Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under reinforcement learning reinforcement learning Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI is an antidote to slop rather than a creator of it. AI is an antidote to slop rather than acreator of it. Last stated a week ago 24 Oct 2026 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults. — tap to centre the map on it Getting genuinely original outputfrom AI requires working hardagainst the grain of its defaults. Last stated 4 months ago 29 Jun 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI alignment is a red herring not worth the effort currently devoted to it. — tap to centre the map on it AI alignment is a red herring notworth the effort currently devotedto it. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: When AI has a starting point from your own accumulated work, it will stop making AI slop, because the starting point is you. — tap to centre the map on it When AI has a starting point fromyour own accumulated work, it willstop making AI slop, because thestarting point is you. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 MT Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who enjoy using AI themselves often resent having it used against them. — tap to centre the map on it People who enjoy using AI themselvesoften resent having it used againstthem. Last stated 6 months ago 6 May 2026 AP Aaron Patterson — holds since 2026-05-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Low-quality AI-generated code contributions betray the care that goes into writing and maintaining software for others. — tap to centre the map on it Low-quality AI-generated codecontributions betray the care thatgoes into writing and maintainingsoftware for others. Last stated a month ago 25 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-25 — 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 thecurrent enthusiasm for AI isexcessive, so anyone claimingconviction about how it resolves isoverreaching. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are HM Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building AI that can actually be trusted is the goal; containing an AI known to be misaligned is not a substitute for it. — tap to centre the map on it Building AI that can actually betrusted is the goal; containing anAI known to be misaligned is not asubstitute for it. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Jan 2025 JL Jan Leike — holds since 2025-01-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The two standard criticisms of AI — that it is not deterministic and that it is not creative — cannot both be true. — tap to centre the map on it The two standard criticisms of AI —that it is not deterministic andthat it is not creative — cannotboth be true. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated a week ago 21 Oct 2026 PS 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. — tap to centre the map on it A poor country should prioritiseowning a piece of AI over retrainingits workers, but it should not beteverything on that. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 PT Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slow takeoff is significantly more likely than a fast one: AI that is nearly as powerful will have transformed the world before the incredibly powerful kind arrives. — tap to centre the map on it A slow takeoff is significantly morelikely than a fast one: AI that isnearly as powerful will havetransformed the world before theincredibly powerful kind arrives. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Feb 2018 PC Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI company needs threeAIs, not one — the agent, thesimulator and the critic — turningdeployment into a flywheel. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — 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 optimisedby reinforcement learning until aneural network performs it extremelywell. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anything precise enough to benchmark is also precise enough to optimize for, and modern RL training increasingly resembles the shape of the benchmarks themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Anything precise enough to benchmarkis also precise enough to optimizefor, and modern RL trainingincreasingly resembles the shape ofthe benchmarks themselves. Last stated 7 months ago 16 Apr 2026 SK Sayash Kapoor — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are
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