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Read this korrent: Building an AI that embodies a real person is a much harder problem than inventing a new AI character from scratch.
Building an AI that embodies a real person is a much harder problem than inventing a new AI character from scratch.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI copy of a person is worth building while they are alive, to meet demand for their attention, not as a way to talk to the dead. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI copy of a person is worth building while they are alive, to meet demand for their attention, not as a way to talk to the dead.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 Sept 2023
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2023-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults. — tap to centre the map on it
Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.
Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
KC
Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's. — tap to centre the map on it
AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's.
Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
HW
Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it. — tap to centre the map on it
People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
SJ
Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules. — tap to centre the map on it
AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
TC
Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
DD
Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of. — tap to centre the map on it
Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
GO
Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People building with AI need a point of view of their own, or the AI will supply one. — tap to centre the map on it
People building with AI need a point of view of their own, or the AI will supply one.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
KD
Katie Dill — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
TG
Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
AW
Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Aug 2026
AW
Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
BJ
Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — 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 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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
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 Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been 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 augments what 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
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Building an AI that embodies a real person is a much harder problem than inventing a new AI character from scratch.
Last stated 28 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
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An AI copy of a person is worth building while they are alive, to meet demand for their attention, not as a way to talk to the dead.
Last stated 28 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Mark Zuckerberg
Similar wording
Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.
Last stated 29 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kyle Chayka
Similar wording
AI does a good job of generating a design and still cannot express what the design is supposed to do; that part is the engineer's.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Hillel Wayne
Similar wording
People do not value or care about something built by AI, regardless of its quality, because no personal effort went into it.
Last stated 21 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Stefan Judis
Similar wording
AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Similar wording
Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dmitri Dolgov
Similar wording
Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Gergely Orosz
Similar wording
People building with AI need a point of view of their own, or the AI will supply one.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Katie Dill
Same subject: simplicity
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 29 Sept 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Tren Griffin
Same subject: simplicity
A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones.
Last stated 17 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Adam Wiggins
Same subject: simplicity
A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic.
Last stated 9 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Ward
Same subject: taste
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 21 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Brandon Jacoby
Same subject: taste
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 4 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: taste
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: Anthropic
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Kris Puckett
Same subject: Anthropic
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: Anthropic
A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Kris Puckett