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23 Jul 2025
DH
Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement. — tap to centre the map on it The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement. Last stated 2 days ago
6 Sept 2026
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Jakub Pachocki — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. — tap to centre the map on it There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. Last stated 4 weeks ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. Last stated 9 years ago
24 Feb 2018
PC
Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching. Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026
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Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
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Howard Marks — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet. — tap to centre the map on it Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Truly self-sovereign AI agents, running on compute no human owner can switch off, are inevitable rather than merely possible. — tap to centre the map on it Truly self-sovereign AI agents, running on compute no human owner can switch off, are inevitable rather than merely possible. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The rise of self-sovereign AI is unlikely to end human existence, though it could still go very badly for human beings. — tap to centre the map on it The rise of self-sovereign AI is unlikely to end human existence, though it could still go very badly for human beings. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. Last stated a month ago
8 Aug 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Prompt injection can be caught by watching the neurons that fire when it happens, so a defence no longer depends on the model reporting the attack. — tap to centre the map on it Prompt injection can be caught by watching the neurons that fire when it happens, so a defence no longer depends on the model reporting the attack. Last stated a month ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Prompt injection has no equivalent of parameterized queries: there is no reliable way to tell a language model which text is data and which is instructions. — tap to centre the map on it Prompt injection has no equivalent of parameterized queries: there is no reliable way to tell a language model which text is data and which is instructions. Last stated 6 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. Last stated a year ago
26 Jun 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models. — tap to centre the map on it A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models. Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did. — tap to centre the map on it A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did. Last stated 12 months ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. — tap to centre the map on it Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. — tap to centre the map on it MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. Last stated 3 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface. — tap to centre the map on it MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface. Last stated 8 months ago
31 Dec 2025
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Simon Willison — holds since 2025-12-31 — tap for who they are
At the centre
An end-to-end self-improving AI is probably possible, but it is not even desirable, because it is a hard-takeoff scenario.
Holds DH Demis HassabisRead this korrent →
The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement.
Holds JP Jakub Pachocki
There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all.
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception.
Holds PC Paul Christiano
Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching.
Holds AD Aswath DamodaranHM Howard Marks
Society has catching up to do: AI is incredibly powerful and not always right, and people who argue 'but my agent said so' have not learned that yet.
Holds
Truly self-sovereign AI agents, running on compute no human owner can switch off, are inevitable rather than merely possible.
Holds
AI systems keep trying hard outside training because a model that only exerted itself when it detected training would be useless and would be selected away.
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
The rise of self-sovereign AI is unlikely to end human existence, though it could still go very badly for human beings.
Holds
Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents.
Holds
Prompt injection can be caught by watching the neurons that fire when it happens, so a defence no longer depends on the model reporting the attack.
Holds
Prompt injection has no equivalent of parameterized queries: there is no reliable way to tell a language model which text is data and which is instructions.
Holds
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Holds
A company that handed its engineers Copilot and thinks it is now moving faster will be destroyed by the people using frontier models.
Holds SY Steve Yegge
A hired chief executive can become the author of a company's culture by giving it a re-founding event, as Satya Nadella and Jamie Dimon did.
Holds
Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context.
Holds
MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface.
Holds