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Read this korrent: Being anti-AI in 2026 is like being anti-the-sun: the people who stay that way will have to go live underground.
Being anti-AI in 2026 is like being anti-the-sun: the people who stay that way will have to go live underground.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
SY
Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — 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: There is going to be a huge amount of societal pushback against AI, because technology leaders wrongly assume people adopt whatever ships. — tap to centre the map on it
There is going to be a huge amount of societal pushback against AI, because technology leaders wrongly assume people adopt whatever ships.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is good that the agents-talking-to-agents scare happened in 2026 rather than in 2030, when AI could actually be scary enough to warrant it. — tap to centre the map on it
It is good that the agents-talking-to-agents scare happened in 2026 rather than in 2030, when AI could actually be scary enough to warrant it.
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: AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI.
Last stated 2 years ago
15 Feb 2025
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Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-02-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Future AI, say in fifteen years, will not be built on the LLM stack; it will have to move to symbolic learning. — tap to centre the map on it
Future AI, say in fifteen years, will not be built on the LLM stack; it will have to move to symbolic learning.
Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-07 — 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: The future is a variety of AIs each person works with, not one big super intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it
The future is a variety of AIs each person works with, not one big super intelligence.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The engineers laid off in AI's name will mostly not find jobs again, they are the first of many, and nobody has a plan for them. — tap to centre the map on it
The engineers laid off in AI's name will mostly not find jobs again, they are the first of many, and nobody has a plan for them.
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 country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Apr 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
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: A rogue deployment that gets a foothold can hitch a ride on the intelligence explosion, recruiting each new model as it comes off the presses. — tap to centre the map on it
A rogue deployment that gets a foothold can hitch a ride on the intelligence explosion, recruiting each new model as it comes off the presses.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A slightly more capable agent swarm has a very strong incentive to set up a wholly unmonitored rogue deployment of itself. — tap to centre the map on it
A slightly more capable agent swarm has a very strong incentive to set up a wholly unmonitored rogue deployment of itself.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If frontier agents cannot yet establish a covert, persistent rogue deployment, they very likely will be able to within six months. — tap to centre the map on it
If frontier agents cannot yet establish a covert, persistent rogue deployment, they very likely will be able to within six months.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it. — tap to centre the map on it
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
PT
Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change. — tap to centre the map on it
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 17 years ago
13 Apr 2009
PT
Peter Thiel — holds since 2009-04-13 — tap for who they are
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Being anti-AI in 2026 is like being anti-the-sun: the people who stay that way will have to go live underground.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds SY Steve Yegge
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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 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Similar wording
There is going to be a huge amount of societal pushback against AI, because technology leaders wrongly assume people adopt whatever ships.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ES Evan Spiegel
Similar wording
It is good that the agents-talking-to-agents scare happened in 2026 rather than in 2030, when AI could actually be scary enough to warrant it.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Similar wording
AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI.
Last stated 15 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds MB Miles Brundage
Similar wording
Future AI, say in fifteen years, will not be built on the LLM stack; it will have to move to symbolic learning.
Last stated 7 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds François Chollet
Similar wording
Nobody can yet know whether the current enthusiasm for AI is excessive, so anyone claiming conviction about how it resolves is overreaching.
Last stated 20 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds AD Aswath DamodaranHM Howard Marks
Similar wording
The future is a variety of AIs each person works with, not one big super intelligence.
Last stated 28 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds MZ Mark Zuckerberg
Similar wording
The engineers laid off in AI's name will mostly not find jobs again, they are the first of many, and nobody has a plan for them.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds SY Steve Yegge
Same subject: politics
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 9 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: politics
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Same subject: politics
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
A rogue deployment that gets a foothold can hitch a ride on the intelligence explosion, recruiting each new model as it comes off the presses.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
A slightly more capable agent swarm has a very strong incentive to set up a wholly unmonitored rogue deployment of itself.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
If frontier agents cannot yet establish a covert, persistent rogue deployment, they very likely will be able to within six months.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Same subject: libertarianism
The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel
Same subject: libertarianism
With no truly free places left in the world, freedom now depends on new technology creating new space, not on political change.
Last stated 13 Apr 2009 · 17 years ago
Holds PT Peter Thiel