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Read this korrent: AI's productivity benefit depends on the total effort of generating, reviewing, and repairing its output, not on generation speed alone.
AI's productivity benefit depends on the total effort of generating, reviewing, and repairing its output, not on generation speed alone.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Oct 2026
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Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity. — tap to centre the map on it
AI increases productivity by boosting efficiency, and greater productivity means greater prosperity.
Last stated a month ago
25 Sept 2026
MM
Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If the existence of AI forces everyone to spend a lot more just to keep doing the things they were doing before, that's a net negative for productivity even if the big labs make trillions in revenue. — tap to centre the map on it
If the existence of AI forces everyone to spend a lot more just to keep doing the things they were doing before, that's a net negative for productivity even if the big labs make trillions in revenue.
Last stated a week ago
26 Oct 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The productivity AI creates should be shared out as a universal basic provision, with rare skills still buying you more than that. — tap to centre the map on it
The productivity AI creates should be shared out as a universal basic provision, with rare skills still buying you more than that.
Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The absence of a visible productivity jump from AI proves nothing, because a real ten percent uplift across the board would be impressive and almost invisible from outside. — tap to centre the map on it
The absence of a visible productivity jump from AI proves nothing, because a real ten percent uplift across the board would be impressive and almost invisible from outside.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team that slows down and reads every pull request and every line of code should expect only a 30 to 50 percent productivity lift from AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A team that slows down and reads every pull request and every line of code should expect only a 30 to 50 percent productivity lift from AI.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lab under real commercial pressure cannot fool itself about whether AI makes it productive, because the output is a model launch every few months. — tap to centre the map on it
A lab under real commercial pressure cannot fool itself about whether AI makes it productive, because the output is a model launch every few months.
Last stated 9 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Headline AI productivity gains come from controlled studies and should not be read as real-world results. — tap to centre the map on it
Headline AI productivity gains come from controlled studies and should not be read as real-world results.
Last stated 7 months ago
24 Mar 2026
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Iván Olivares Rojas — holds since 2026-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Using AI-related job losses as a measure of AI's contribution to productivity gains is an incorrect approach. — tap to centre the map on it
Using AI-related job losses as a measure of AI's contribution to productivity gains is an incorrect approach.
Last stated yesterday
1 Nov 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-11-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world — tap to centre the map on it
A busted computer is not a calamity of data loss or a long restore process in the modern world
Last stated 11 months ago
24 Nov 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-11-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed — tap to centre the map on it
A prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed
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Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
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