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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 24 Jun 2023 to 21 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about OpenAI and Google .
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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: Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Feb 2024
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Elad Gil — holds since 2024-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. — tap to centre the map on it New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Jan 2024
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Fred Wilson — holds since 2024-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. — tap to centre the map on it Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade. — tap to centre the map on it Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade. Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies. — tap to centre the map on it The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies. Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale. — tap to centre the map on it In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces — tap to centre the map on it Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. Last stated 9 months ago
5 Feb 2026
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Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-02-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not. — tap to centre the map on it Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. — tap to centre the map on it A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. — tap to centre the map on it A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Access to large-scale generalist AI systems that could be weaponized should be limited, meaning their code and neural network parameters should not be released open-source. — tap to centre the map on it Access to large-scale generalist AI systems that could be weaponized should be limited, meaning their code and neural network parameters should not be released open-source. Last stated 3 years ago
24 Jun 2023
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Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2023-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Releasing open weights is irreversible in a way that deploying a hosted model is not, so its risks cannot be mitigated later. — tap to centre the map on it Releasing open weights is irreversible in a way that deploying a hosted model is not, so its risks cannot be mitigated later. Last stated 2 years ago
8 Nov 2024
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Jan Leike — holds since 2024-11-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agent-written pull requests already outclass those of the median human contributor to an open source project. — tap to centre the map on it Agent-written pull requests already outclass those of the median human contributor to an open source project. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI coding agents advance open source's founding goal by letting far more people modify software, so barring AI-assisted contributions protects a guild rather than the mission. — tap to centre the map on it AI coding agents advance open source's founding goal by letting far more people modify software, so barring AI-assisted contributions protects a guild rather than the mission. Last stated 5 months ago
1 Jun 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
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Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players.
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New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack.
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Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space.
Holds
Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade.
Holds
The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies.
Holds
In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale.
Holds
Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces
Holds
Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.
Holds
Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not.
Holds
A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither.
Holds
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Holds
A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead.
Holds
Access to large-scale generalist AI systems that could be weaponized should be limited, meaning their code and neural network parameters should not be released open-source.
Holds
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds
Releasing open weights is irreversible in a way that deploying a hosted model is not, so its risks cannot be mitigated later.
Holds
Agent-written pull requests already outclass those of the median human contributor to an open source project.
Holds
AI coding agents advance open source's founding goal by letting far more people modify software, so barring AI-assisted contributions protects a guild rather than the mission.
Holds
A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down.
Holds