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19 Sept 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not yet capable of autonomously handling all real-world tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not yet capable of autonomously handling all real-world tasks. Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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 systems are better than humans at coordinating with each other, and they move much faster than humans do. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems are better than humans at coordinating with each other, and they move much faster than humans do. Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A robot is not a mechanical person; the right analogy is a car or a bulldozer, and heterogeneous machines will beat humanoids. — tap to centre the map on it A robot is not a mechanical person; the right analogy is a car or a bulldozer, and heterogeneous machines will beat humanoids. 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: The crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms — tap to centre the map on it The crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms Last stated 9 years ago
8 May 2017
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-05-08 — 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 12 months 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: China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer. — tap to centre the map on it China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. Last stated 4 months ago
21 May 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks. Last stated a week ago
25 Sept 2026
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Casey Newton — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks. Last stated 2 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. — tap to centre the map on it In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad. — tap to centre the map on it OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad. Last stated 3 weeks ago
12 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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Autonomous machines place greater demands on their human operators than non-autonomous machines do.
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AI is not yet capable of autonomously handling all real-world tasks.
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A robot working alongside a person beats either one alone, and that pairing is also what makes the technology possible to bootstrap.
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AI systems are better than humans at coordinating with each other, and they move much faster than humans do.
Holds
A robot is not a mechanical person; the right analogy is a car or a bulldozer, and heterogeneous machines will beat humanoids.
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The crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms
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Jobs will not be replaced outright: AIs will take most of the volume while humans supervise teams of them and handle the rest.
Holds
AI systems require human oversight rather than full autonomy in analysis and workflows.
Holds
China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer.
Holds
A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does.
Holds
A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them.
Holds
A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor.
Holds
AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks.
Holds
AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks.
Holds
AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for.
Holds
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds
In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective.
Holds
OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad.
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