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Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under measuring intelligence measuring intelligence Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Animals descend from at most four or five ancestors, and analogy hints at one ancestor for all life, though analogy may mislead Animals descend from at most four or fiveancestors, and analogy hints at oneancestor for all life, though analogy maymislead Last stated 167 years ago 1 Oct 1859 CD Charles Darwin — holds since 1859-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life probably arose only once on Earth, and the deep split between bacteria and archaea is the evidence for it. — tap to centre the map on it Life probably arose only once onEarth, and the deep split betweenbacteria and archaea is the evidencefor it. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything. — tap to centre the map on it Model intelligence should speciatelike the animal kingdom rather thanconverge on one oracle that knowseverything. Last stated 6 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Another hundred Protoceratops specimens would tell us more about how dinosaurs actually worked than fifty new species would. — tap to centre the map on it Another hundred Protoceratopsspecimens would tell us more abouthow dinosaurs actually worked thanfifty new species would. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evolution was not a thinkable theory before deep time: without hundreds of millions of years it simply looks like a nonstarter. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution was not a thinkable theorybefore deep time: without hundredsof millions of years it simply lookslike a nonstarter. Last stated 6 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Species are not fixed: species of the same genus descend from other, mostly extinct, species — tap to centre the map on it Species are not fixed: species ofthe same genus descend from other,mostly extinct, species Last stated 167 years ago 1 Oct 1859 CD Charles Darwin — holds since 1859-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. — tap to centre the map on it A deep theoretical understanding topredict AI behavior is unattainable. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of AI inference needs to bedefined, for example via a chain ofincreasingly hard problems whereeach consecutive pair is solvable byone model. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics. — tap to centre the map on it An AI that cannot work out newphysics has not equalled humanintelligence, let alone surpassedit, because humans have worked outnew physics. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Animals descend from at most four or five ancestors, and analogy hints at one ancestor for all life, though analogy may mislead Last stated 1 Oct 1859 · 167 years ago Holds Charles Darwin Read this korrent →