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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under China China Everything filed under war war Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI may turn the dictatorships' 20th-century handicap of centralising information into their decisive advantage AI may turn the dictatorships'20th-century handicap of centralisinginformation into their decisive advantage Last stated 8 years ago 30 Aug 2018 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2018-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The bigger long-term danger to authoritarian regimes is that AIs gain control of them, as subordinates always threatened autocrats — tap to centre the map on it The bigger long-term danger toauthoritarian regimes is that AIsgain control of them, assubordinates always threatenedautocrats Last stated 2 years ago 3 Jan 2025 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dictatorships are far more vulnerable than democracies to an algorithmic takeover — tap to centre the map on it Dictatorships are far morevulnerable than democracies to analgorithmic takeover Last stated 2 years ago 3 Jan 2025 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2025-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: New technology combined with conservative ideology could produce the most totalitarian regimes in history — tap to centre the map on it New technology combined withconservative ideology could producethe most totalitarian regimes inhistory Last stated 7 years ago 22 Jun 2019 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2019-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI must be democratized, and power over it should not become too concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it AI must be democratized, and powerover it should not become tooconcentrated. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Malicious use of AI could enable extreme concentrations of economic, political or military power. — tap to centre the map on it Malicious use of AI could enableextreme concentrations of economic,political or military power. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Oct 2024 YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2024-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-driven bureaucratic systems will develop their own internal politics and be gamed by the people subject to them. — tap to centre the map on it AI-driven bureaucratic systems willdevelop their own internal politicsand be gamed by the people subjectto them. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it A country's scientific trajectorycan keep advancing even if politicalinstability or economic uncertaintyslows its broader progress. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI may turn the dictatorships' 20th-century handicap of centralising information into their decisive advantage Last stated 30 Aug 2018 · 8 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →