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Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI models are not yet capable of producing great code AI models are not yet capable of producinggreat code Last stated 2 years ago 16 Dec 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst at exactlythe thing an AI research explosionwould need: code that has never beenwritten before. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — 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 existingAI models are barely being used andare 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: Existing AI models were already more than good enough for writing code and do more than can be utilized from them. — tap to centre the map on it Existing AI models were already morethan good enough for writing codeand do more than can be utilizedfrom them. Last stated 3 weeks ago 8 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code does not reach thestructural quality of the besthand-written software. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The next big leap for AI models probably isn't likely until they are exposed to proprietary corporate code — tap to centre the map on it The next big leap for AI modelsprobably isn't likely until they areexposed to proprietary corporatecode Last stated 2 years ago 16 Dec 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The AI coding tools only recently became good enough to change the answer: after years of hating them, most of this codebase is now written by AI. — tap to centre the map on it The AI coding tools only recentlybecame good enough to change theanswer: after years of hating them,most of this codebase is now writtenby AI. Last stated 3 months ago 24 Jun 2026 NE NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted coding will generate alot of low-quality output thatdevelopers will need to clean up,even as it also produces goodresults. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI models have reached the level of a junior engineer on longer-running, agent-based coding tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI models have reached the level ofa junior engineer on longer-running,agent-based coding tasks. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — 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: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model'sreasoning shift outside its visibleChain of Thought is dangerous, bothbecause it works and because aleading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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
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