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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 11 Oct 2018 to 23 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about chat interfaces .
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OpenAI 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: Chatbots do not write; they rearrange fragments of earlier text, and as plagiarists they obscure their sources without transcending them. Chatbots do not write; they rearrange fragments of earlier text, and as plagiarists they obscure their sources without transcending them. Last stated a year ago
25 Jul 2025
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James Gleick — holds since 2025-07-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. — tap to centre the map on it A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tool for browsing personal notes and data works better with a conversational interface than a traditional file browser. — tap to centre the map on it A tool for browsing personal notes and data works better with a conversational interface than a traditional file browser. Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Harper Reed — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users. — tap to centre the map on it Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users. Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI chatbots are tuned to produce an answer that feels satisfying to the user rather than one that is correct. — tap to centre the map on it AI chatbots are tuned to produce an answer that feels satisfying to the user rather than one that is correct. Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Around a tenth of people use a chatbot daily and another fifteen to twenty per cent weekly, far below the headline adoption figures. — tap to centre the map on it Around a tenth of people use a chatbot daily and another fifteen to twenty per cent weekly, far below the headline adoption figures. Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Bing's Sydney, not ChatGPT, was the first truly fantastic chatbot. — tap to centre the map on it Bing's Sydney, not ChatGPT, was the first truly fantastic chatbot. 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: Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. Last stated 8 months ago
5 Feb 2026
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Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-02-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard. Last stated 2 years ago
2 Feb 2025
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2022-09-12 — tap for who they are
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Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up. — tap to centre the map on it As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up. Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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Lilian Weng — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional. — tap to centre the map on it Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional. Last stated 8 years ago
11 Oct 2018
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Kristina Toutanova — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Ming-Wei Chang — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Kenton Lee — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Jacob Devlin — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. Last stated a month ago
2 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models are not yet capable of developing novel offensive cyber capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it AI models are not yet capable of developing novel offensive cyber capabilities. Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models exhibit 'reflex' misbehaviors like clickbait that do not involve goal-seeking and persist despite feedback. — tap to centre the map on it AI models exhibit 'reflex' misbehaviors like clickbait that do not involve goal-seeking and persist despite feedback. Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
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Chatbots do not write; they rearrange fragments of earlier text, and as plagiarists they obscure their sources without transcending them.
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A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
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A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer.
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A tool for browsing personal notes and data works better with a conversational interface than a traditional file browser.
Holds
Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users.
Holds
AI chatbots are tuned to produce an answer that feels satisfying to the user rather than one that is correct.
Holds
Around a tenth of people use a chatbot daily and another fifteen to twenty per cent weekly, far below the headline adoption figures.
Holds
Bing's Sydney, not ChatGPT, was the first truly fantastic chatbot.
Holds
Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved.
Holds
AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard.
Holds
As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up.
Holds
Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional.
Holds
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Holds
AI models are not yet capable of developing novel offensive cyber capabilities.
Holds
AI models exhibit 'reflex' misbehaviors like clickbait that do not involve goal-seeking and persist despite feedback.
Holds