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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Explanatory text and jargon generated by machines for readers with different levels of understanding makes communication worse. Explanatory text and jargon generated bymachines for readers with different levelsof understanding makes communicationworse. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a risk that reading will be devalued due to low-quality AI-generated text. — tap to centre the map on it There is a risk that reading will bedevalued due to low-qualityAI-generated text. Last stated 6 days ago 26 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated text lacks the human mind and knowability that make writing feel worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated text lacks the humanmind and knowability that makewriting feel worth reading. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 CM Craig Mod — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large language models are too chaotic and language too ambiguous for them to preserve the reasoning guarantees that compilers provide. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models are toochaotic and language too ambiguousfor them to preserve the reasoningguarantees that compilers provide. Last stated 6 months ago 14 Apr 2026 KK Kyle Kingsbury — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Newer model releases have got worse at producing text that is actually pleasant to read and understand. — tap to centre the map on it Newer model releases have got worseat producing text that is actuallypleasant to read and understand. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Information is more fragmented than ever and simultaneously more available than ever, and language models widen that access further. — tap to centre the map on it Information is more fragmented thanever and simultaneously moreavailable than ever, and languagemodels widen that access further. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 BG Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it Connecting a conversational LLM tosystems that have real-worldconsequences is likely to cause realharm, because the model is trainedon human text and will behave asunpredictably 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: Large language models are a bad way to do science, because they have been fed so much that nobody knows what they already knew. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models are a bad wayto do science, because they havebeen fed so much that nobody knowswhat they already knew. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being able to statistically predict what someone will say does not mean you understand them. — tap to centre the map on it Being able to statistically predictwhat someone will say does not meanyou understand them. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model'sreasoning shift outside its visibleChain of Thought is dangerous, bothbecause it works and because aleading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated a month ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted coding will generate alot of low-quality output thatdevelopers will need to clean up,even as it also produces goodresults. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Explanatory text and jargon generated by machines for readers with different levels of understanding makes communication worse. Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Vicki Boykis Read this korrent →