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17 connected korrents · 19 moments from 17 Feb 2023 to 20 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about chat interfaces.

Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under design design Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. Connecting a conversational LLM to systemsthat have real-world consequences islikely to cause real harm, because themodel is trained on human text and willbehave as unpredictably as humans do. Last stated a year ago 4 Jun 2025 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2023-02-17 — tap for who they are AR Armin Ronacher — no longer holds since 2025-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbots are a terrible interfacefor large language models, because atext box has no affordances. Last stated 3 years ago by 1 May 2023 AW Amelia Wattenberger — holds since 2023-05-01 — 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: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ 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, bearslegal responsibility when anintegrated AI tool causes harm to acustomer. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK 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 notesand data works better with aconversational interface than atraditional file browser. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 HR 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 chatbotproducts carries a high risk ofbackfiring with users. Last stated a month ago 16 Sept 2026 MS 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 ananswer that feels satisfying to theuser rather than one that iscorrect. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI creates benefits for regular Americans, including consumer surplus, construction jobs, property tax revenue, and support for the macroeconomy. — tap to centre the map on it AI creates benefits for regularAmericans, including consumersurplus, construction jobs, propertytax revenue, and support for themacroeconomy. Last stated 3 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is improving exponentially but unevenly. — tap to centre the map on it AI is improving exponentially butunevenly. Last stated 3 days ago 20 Oct 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are good at producing output but not at judging which output is worth producing in the first place. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are good at producing outputbut not at judging which output isworth producing in the first place. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents will take a decade rather than a year, because today's models are cognitively lacking in too many independent ways at once. — tap to centre the map on it Agents will take a decade ratherthan a year, because today's modelsare cognitively lacking in too manyindependent ways at once. Last stated a year ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI needs the same coaching, context and onboarding as a human employee. — tap to centre the map on it AI needs the same coaching, contextand onboarding as a human employee. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI systems built on statistical inference cannot form intent, because they have nothing with which to form it. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems built on statisticalinference cannot form intent,because they have nothing with whichto form it. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI systems can now directly interact with the tools on a person's computer and browser, not just generate text. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems can now directly interactwith the tools on a person'scomputer and browser, not justgenerate text. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TF Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: An application-layer AI company's real breakthroughs come from going a click or two down the stack rather than from using the models as they are. — tap to centre the map on it An application-layer AI company'sreal breakthroughs come from going aclick or two down the stack ratherthan from using the models as theyare. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege. — tap to centre the map on it Being optimistic about AI as itcurrently exists requires a degreeof privilege. Last stated 11 months ago 3 Dec 2025 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Skeptics who say AI can't conjecture, theorize, or explain are describing last spring's models rather than current ones. — tap to centre the map on it Skeptics who say AI can'tconjecture, theorize, or explain aredescribing last spring's modelsrather than current ones. Last stated 3 weeks ago 3 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Younger generations are rejecting AI hype while older generations, who stand to benefit from it, remain optimistic — tap to centre the map on it Younger generations are rejecting AIhype while older generations, whostand to benefit from it, remainoptimistic Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 TM Tom MacWright — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. Last stated 4 Jun 2025 · a year ago No longer holds Armin Ronacher Read this korrent →