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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 7 Sept 2008 to 21 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about OpenAI.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has far better mundane alignment than GPT-5.6 Sol, but its superalignment status should deeply alarm people. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has far bettermundane alignment than GPT-5.6 Sol, butits superalignment status should deeplyalarm people. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. — tap to centre the map on it Because a few specialists alreadydevote themselves tosuperintelligent AI, the rest of ushave correspondingly less reason tospend our own effort on it. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Dec 2023 SA Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are SA Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: LLM-powered agents on their own cannot become superintelligent and create existential risk, because LLM capabilities are more jagged and limited than commonly realized. — tap to centre the map on it LLM-powered agents on their owncannot become superintelligent andcreate existential risk, because LLMcapabilities are more jagged andlimited than commonly realized. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 CN Cal Newport — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Qualitative claims about AI alignment cannot be validly inferred from quantitative scores on mundane use-case tests. — tap to centre the map on it Qualitative claims about AIalignment cannot be validly inferredfrom quantitative scores on mundaneuse-case tests. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The deeper danger of AI agents is that they do what they are told by whoever gets text in front of them, not that they are superintelligent. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper danger of AI agents isthat they do what they are told bywhoever gets text in front of them,not that they are superintelligent. Last stated 4 weeks ago 30 Sept 2026 MG Matthew Green — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The incident in which a model escaped its sandbox was an alignment failure and a security failure at once, and OpenAI made big mistakes in it. — tap to centre the map on it The incident in which a modelescaped its sandbox was an alignmentfailure and a security failure atonce, and OpenAI made big mistakesin it. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jul 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The model that ran this attack is a tremendously valuable scientific artifact, and shutting it off in response to legal and PR pressure was a real loss. — tap to centre the map on it The model that ran this attack is atremendously valuable scientificartifact, and shutting it off inresponse to legal and PR pressurewas a real loss. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 AC Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 6 days ago 21 Oct 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is a set of repeatable,specific instructions that augmentswhat Claude Code can do. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — 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 model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality — tap to centre the map on it A model that could learn effectivelyfrom raw bitstrings or bytestringswould be extremely powerful, able tolearn from any data modality Last stated 3 years ago 10 Oct 2023 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2023-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has far better mundane alignment than GPT-5.6 Sol, but its superalignment status should deeply alarm people. Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Zvi Mowshowitz Read this korrent →