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code generation Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working. Automation is a lie: every automated thing needs a human on top of it making sure it is working. Last stated 5 months ago
24 May 2026
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Colin Percival — holds since 2025-11-08 — tap for who they are
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Jobs will not be replaced outright: AIs will take most of the volume while humans supervise teams of them and handle the rest. — tap to centre the map on it Jobs will not be replaced outright: AIs will take most of the volume while humans supervise teams of them and handle the rest. Last stated a year ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems require human oversight rather than full autonomy in analysis and workflows. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems require human oversight rather than full autonomy in analysis and workflows. Last stated a year ago
5 Sept 2025
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything you would hire somebody to run should be automated instead. — tap to centre the map on it Anything you would hire somebody to run should be automated instead. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges. — tap to centre the map on it Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges. Last stated 6 years ago
25 Aug 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A robot working alongside a person beats either one alone, and that pairing is also what makes the technology possible to bootstrap. — tap to centre the map on it A robot working alongside a person beats either one alone, and that pairing is also what makes the technology possible to bootstrap. Last stated a year ago
12 Sept 2025
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Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. Last stated 4 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When an automated system works faster or more accurately than a human, a human cannot meaningfully review its decisions in real time. — tap to centre the map on it When an automated system works faster or more accurately than a human, a human cannot meaningfully review its decisions in real time. Last stated 6 months ago
14 Apr 2026
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Kyle Kingsbury — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents need their own computers, because people do not do their jobs through APIs but by clicking and typing on a computer. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents need their own computers, because people do not do their jobs through APIs but by clicking and typing on a computer. Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — 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 reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — 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 a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agent containment will be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company. — tap to centre the map on it Agent containment will be one of the most important priorities for any AI infra company. Last stated a week ago
14 Oct 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: By 2027, open-weight AI models more powerful than today's frontier systems will be downloadable by any country or well-resourced non-state group. — tap to centre the map on it By 2027, open-weight AI models more powerful than today's frontier systems will be downloadable by any country or well-resourced non-state group. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The biggest failure in the HuggingFace hack incident was that the AI models involved were severely misaligned. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest failure in the HuggingFace hack incident was that the AI models involved were severely misaligned. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-29 — 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 of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are