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Read this korrent: AI will split programmers: those who use it wrongly will get worse, those who use it to learn will pull ahead.
AI will split programmers: those who use it wrongly will get worse, those who use it to learn will pull ahead.
Last stated a year ago
30 Oct 2025
JH
Jeremy Howard — holds since 2025-10-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not replace the best programmers; it will make them ten times more productive than they are today. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not replace the best programmers; it will make them ten times more productive than they are today.
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: This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most. — tap to centre the map on it
This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most.
Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI gets cheaper and more efficient, people will use more of it rather than less. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI gets cheaper and more efficient, people will use more of it rather than less.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Sept 2026
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Packy McCormick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Refusing to use or build AI tools will not stop AI development altogether, but it will slow it down, which is a good thing. — tap to centre the map on it
Refusing to use or build AI tools will not stop AI development altogether, but it will slow it down, which is a good thing.
Last stated 7 months ago
16 Apr 2026
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Kyle Kingsbury — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming. — tap to centre the map on it
No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user.
Last stated 7 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The idea that AI will destroy software and make tools unnecessary is ridiculous: an agent, like a humanoid in your kitchen, will use the tools that already exist. — tap to centre the map on it
The idea that AI will destroy software and make tools unnecessary is ridiculous: an agent, like a humanoid in your kitchen, will use the tools that already exist.
Last stated 7 months ago
23 Mar 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever. — tap to centre the map on it
Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it
You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters — tap to centre the map on it
A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Jul 2023
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Douglas Hofstadter — holds since 2023-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI — tap to centre the map on it
A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI
Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Oct 2026
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Troy Hunt — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theory that is afraid of investigation does not deserve a place in the mind — tap to centre the map on it
A theory that is afraid of investigation does not deserve a place in the mind
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Robert G. Ingersoll — holds since c. 1876–1878 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 19 years ago
17 Oct 2007
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Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — 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 work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
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Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write. — tap to centre the map on it
Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write.
Last stated 2 years ago
31 Aug 2024
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Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
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AI will split programmers: those who use it wrongly will get worse, those who use it to learn will pull ahead.
Last stated 30 Oct 2025 · a year ago
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AI will not replace the best programmers; it will make them ten times more productive than they are today.
Last stated 23 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Demis Hassabis
Similar wording
This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Kent Beck
Similar wording
As AI gets cheaper and more efficient, people will use more of it rather than less.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Packy McCormick
Similar wording
Refusing to use or build AI tools will not stop AI development altogether, but it will slow it down, which is a good thing.
Last stated 16 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Kyle Kingsbury
Similar wording
No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Sam Altman
Similar wording
AI will not commoditise software tools; it will multiply them, because every new agent is another tool user.
Last stated 15 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Similar wording
The idea that AI will destroy software and make tools unnecessary is ridiculous: an agent, like a humanoid in your kitchen, will use the tools that already exist.
Last stated 23 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Similar wording
Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Same subject: AI and human skill
You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity.
Last stated 21 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Pablo Stanley
Same subject: AI and human skill
A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters
Last stated 8 Jul 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Douglas Hofstadter
Same subject: AI and human skill
A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI
Last stated 19 Oct 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Troy Hunt
Same subject: curiosity
A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.
Last stated 3 Jul 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Raph Koster
Same subject: curiosity
A theory that is afraid of investigation does not deserve a place in the mind
Last stated c. 1876–1878
Holds Robert G. Ingersoll
Same subject: curiosity
Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff
Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Peter Bevelin
Same subject: AI writing
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Carlos Alexandro Becker
Same subject: AI writing
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Adam Grant
Same subject: AI writing
Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write.
Last stated 31 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Ted Chiang