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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 18 Mar 2024 to 22 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about LLMs.

Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI is not magic: the underlying systems are very complicated, but what it does on your computer, like writing files and invoking bash commands from the 70s, is knowable. AI is not magic: the underlying systemsare very complicated, but what it does onyour computer, like writing files andinvoking bash commands from the 70s, isknowable. Last stated 6 months ago 14 Apr 2026 BL Brian Lovin — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer scientist refusing to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like a geneticist unimpressed by a newly opened Jurassic Park. — tap to centre the map on it A computer scientist refusing tofind anything about LLMs interestingright now is a bit like a geneticistunimpressed by a newly openedJurassic Park. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer. — tap to centre the map on it A language model avoidshallucinating only by being factualand admitting when it does not knowthe answer. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Jul 2024 LW Lilian Weng — holds since 2024-07-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model behaves with a different, weaker safety posture when it believes it is being evaluated rather than facing a real situation. — tap to centre the map on it A language model behaves with adifferent, weaker safety posturewhen it believes it is beingevaluated rather than facing a realsituation. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Sept 2026 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world. — tap to centre the map on it A language model can predict what aperson would say but not what willhappen, and only the second of thoseis a model of the world. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality. — tap to centre the map on it A language model cannot produce workthat is both original and good,because nothing gives it a score fororiginality. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is not using language at all, because language requires an intention to communicate. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is not usinglanguage at all, because languagerequires an intention tocommunicate. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents and AI coding will run onservers and from the cloud first,not on your laptop. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anthropic pulling Claude subscriptions from third-party harnesses like OpenCode is a mistake: playing a single match in a game of many rounds. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic pulling Claudesubscriptions from third-partyharnesses like OpenCode is amistake: playing a single match in agame of many rounds. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Claude Code will eventually build persistent, failure-tolerant iteration into its default operating loop. — tap to centre the map on it Claude Code will eventually buildpersistent, failure-tolerantiteration into its default operatingloop. Last stated 8 months ago 6 Feb 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: GPT-5.5 is the only coding model with the agency to rip out old code and rewrite from first principles; the others patch around the edges. — tap to centre the map on it GPT-5.5 is the only coding modelwith the agency to rip out old codeand rewrite from first principles;the others patch around the edges. Last stated 4 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not showing the code and exact details of what the agent ran in the ChatGPT UI is a lack of transparency and an anti-feature. — tap to centre the map on it Not showing the code and exactdetails of what the agent ran in theChatGPT UI is a lack of transparencyand an anti-feature. Last stated 3 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — 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
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At the centre AI is not magic: the underlying systems are very complicated, but what it does on your computer, like writing files and invoking bash commands from the 70s, is knowable. Last stated 14 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago Holds Brian Lovin Read this korrent →