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← Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures

12 connected korrents · 12 moments from 22 May 1905 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures Discipline in self-control can go too far,repressing the soul and distorting pliantnatures Last stated 121 years ago 22 May 1905 NI Nitobe Inazō — holds since 1905-05-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Removing your own ability to retreat is how you make yourself follow through on a hard change. — tap to centre the map on it Removing your own ability to retreatis how you make yourself followthrough on a hard change. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Apr 2023 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2023-04-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Merging back what a copy of yourself learned elsewhere is dangerous: the knowledge you pull in can carry hidden goals and take you over. — tap to centre the map on it Merging back what a copy of yourselflearned elsewhere is dangerous: theknowledge you pull in can carryhidden goals and take you over. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself — tap to centre the map on it Reciprocity can serve as a rule forlife: do not do to others what youdo not want done to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. — tap to centre the map on it A deep theoretical understanding topredict AI behavior is unattainable. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A glorious transhumanist future awaits us if we get AI right — tap to centre the map on it A glorious transhumanist futureawaits us if we get AI right Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 4 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Discipline in self-control can go too far, repressing the soul and distorting pliant natures Last stated 22 May 1905 · 121 years ago Holds Nitobe Inazō Read this korrent →