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Read this korrent: Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all.
Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The date that matters for robotics is not when the technology is finished but when the data flywheel starts turning. — tap to centre the map on it
The date that matters for robotics is not when the technology is finished but when the data flywheel starts…
Last stated 12 months ago
12 Sept 2025
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Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The share of income spent on things only a human can do will stay negligible, because new things to buy keep being invented faster than we satiate on the old ones. — tap to centre the map on it
The share of income spent on things only a human can do will stay negligible, because new things to buy keep being…
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it
Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are
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Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it
Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not…
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In a fast-changing industry, anyone genuinely keeping up will change their mind as the developments happen. — tap to centre the map on it
In a fast-changing industry, anyone genuinely keeping up will change their mind as the developments happen.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has accelerated the pace of development but not the pace of business, and that mismatch will become more and more apparent. — tap to centre the map on it
AI has accelerated the pace of development but not the pace of business, and that mismatch will become more and more…
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The thing worth finding is the exponential with the steepest curve that will run the longest — decades ago that was Moore’s law, and today it is AI progress. — tap to centre the map on it
The thing worth finding is the exponential with the steepest curve that will run the longest — decades ago that was…
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new technology is judged against perfection rather than against the thing it would replace, which is why it always comes up short. — tap to centre the map on it
A new technology is judged against perfection rather than against the thing it would replace, which is why it…
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Jul 2026
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Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording bar: how recently it was last stated — full and dark this week, a faint sliver at five years a face: someone on record holding the claim — tap it for who they are faded, dashed ring: they no longer hold it — they changed their mind