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31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Before building on a gap in the general models, work out whether that gap survives six months or three years. — tap to centre the map on it Before building on a gap in the general models, work out whether that gap survives six months or three years. Last stated a month ago
30 Jul 2026
JD
Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The world has achieved universal access to school and nowhere near universal learning, and closing that second gap is the whole problem left in education. — tap to centre the map on it The world has achieved universal access to school and nowhere near universal learning, and closing that second gap is the whole problem left in education. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort. — tap to centre the map on it A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort. Last stated 5 months ago
13 Apr 2026
SK
Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year. — tap to centre the map on it A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year. Last stated 8 months ago
8 Jan 2026
JH
Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet. — tap to centre the map on it Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet. Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there. — tap to centre the map on it The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there. Last stated 2 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it. — tap to centre the map on it At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it. Last stated 5 months ago
1 Apr 2026
TP
Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The worst AI employment scenario is not a crash but a slow drip, where people are quietly re-absorbed into worse-paid work over twenty years. — tap to centre the map on it The worst AI employment scenario is not a crash but a slow drip, where people are quietly re-absorbed into worse-paid work over twenty years. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. — tap to centre the map on it A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. Last stated 3 years ago
2 Sept 2023
RK
Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. — tap to centre the map on it A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided. — tap to centre the map on it A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time. Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school. — tap to centre the map on it In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school. Last stated 17 years ago
12 Feb 2010
KS
Karri Saarinen — holds since 2010-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. — tap to centre the map on it The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. Last stated 6 months ago
12 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. — tap to centre the map on it The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. Last stated 10 months ago
20 Nov 2025
FD
Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-11-20 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Being years behind is only demoralising because it is stated in years: told the gap is twenty-two hours of work, a child will close it.
Holds JL Joe LiemandtRead this korrent →
Before building on a gap in the general models, work out whether that gap survives six months or three years.
Holds JD Jeff Dean
The world has achieved universal access to school and nowhere near universal learning, and closing that second gap is the whole problem left in education.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort.
Holds SK Steve Kaufmann
A competitor six months or a year behind the frontier can stay close, because the cost of AI falls more than tenfold every year.
Holds JH Jensen Huang
Humans collapse over the course of a life exactly as models do; children say shocking things because they have not overfitted yet.
Holds
The gap between GPT-5 and GPT-4 will be as large as the gap between GPT-4 and GPT-3, and the job is to live a few years ahead and remember that today's tools will look terrible from there.
Holds
At every level of management your job is to see further ahead than the people who report to you, because they are busy with the near term and nobody else will do it.
Holds TP Thuan Pham
The worst AI employment scenario is not a crash but a slow drip, where people are quietly re-absorbed into worse-paid work over twenty years.
Holds AI Alex Imas
A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction.
Holds RK Raph Koster
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time.
Holds
In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school.
Holds KS Karri Saarinen
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Holds GS George Saunders
The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer