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← Earlier AI systems consumed the Internet and became a patchwork of mediocrity.
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coding agents 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: Earlier AI systems consumed the Internet and became a patchwork of mediocrity. Earlier AI systems consumed the Internet and became a patchwork of mediocrity. Last stated yesterday
10 Sept 2026
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. Last stated 9 years ago
24 Feb 2018
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Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends. — tap to centre the map on it Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends. Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming. — tap to centre the map on it No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI's impact will be bigger than the internet's, and more profound. — tap to centre the map on it AI's impact will be bigger than the internet's, and more profound. Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What AI has exposed is a shortfall of effort and caring, not of intelligence: people who cannot say why they moved a button never thought about it. — tap to centre the map on it What AI has exposed is a shortfall of effort and caring, not of intelligence: people who cannot say why they moved a button never thought about it. Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Semiconductor infrastructure has not kept up with AI's growth, and closing that gap needs capacity built in unconventional ways. — tap to centre the map on it Semiconductor infrastructure has not kept up with AI's growth, and closing that gap needs capacity built in unconventional ways. Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current AI models are worse colleagues than humans, because they routinely imply they did a task they did not actually do. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI models are worse colleagues than humans, because they routinely imply they did a task they did not actually do. Last stated a month ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak. — tap to centre the map on it AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak. Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — 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 2 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 a month ago
10 Aug 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A frontier model is measurably more intelligent with no system prompt at all; the prompts that remain are there for the product, not the model. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier model is measurably more intelligent with no system prompt at all; the prompts that remain are there for the product, not the model. Last stated 2 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau. — tap to centre the map on it The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — no longer holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly. — tap to centre the map on it The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Dec 2024
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François Chollet — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
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François Chollet — no longer holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious. — tap to centre the map on it LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious. Last stated a year ago
2 Jun 2025
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Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2025-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth. — tap to centre the map on it Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter. — tap to centre the map on it Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter. Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Earlier AI systems consumed the Internet and became a patchwork of mediocrity.
Holds Read this korrent →
Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception.
Holds PC Paul Christiano
Neither the AI enthusiasts nor the AI sceptics are making it up; both camps are looking at real trends.
Holds CM Charity Majors
No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming.
Holds
AI's impact will be bigger than the internet's, and more profound.
Holds LT Lip-Bu Tan
What AI has exposed is a shortfall of effort and caring, not of intelligence: people who cannot say why they moved a button never thought about it.
Holds NE NeetCode
Semiconductor infrastructure has not kept up with AI's growth, and closing that gap needs capacity built in unconventional ways.
Holds LT Lip-Bu Tan
Current AI models are worse colleagues than humans, because they routinely imply they did a task they did not actually do.
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak.
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
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 DH Dex Horthy
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 FL Fei-Fei Li
A frontier model is measurably more intelligent with no system prompt at all; the prompts that remain are there for the product, not the model.
Holds
Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence.
Holds NL Nathan Lambert
The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau.
Holds GM Gary MarcusNo longer holds
The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly.
No longer holds
LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious.
Holds
Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth.
Holds AS Aravind Srinivas
Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter.
Holds BE Benedict Evans