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Read this korrent: Frontier AI should be licensed like other high-risk critical technologies such as medicine, aviation, and nuclear energy.
Frontier AI should be licensed like other high-risk critical technologies such as medicine, aviation, and nuclear energy.
Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
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Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it
American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation.
Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
MH
Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both.
Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
DM
David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If Canada is strong, sovereign, hard-working, deeply competent, and finishes ambitious infrastructure on budget and on time, every other problem melts away. — tap to centre the map on it
If Canada is strong, sovereign, hard-working, deeply competent, and finishes ambitious infrastructure on budget and on time, every other problem melts away.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Sept 2026
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Aug 2026
IT
Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power is dangerous, but not uniquely so among energy sources like coal, oil, and wind. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear power is dangerous, but not uniquely so among energy sources like coal, oil, and wind.
Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
DM
David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade.
Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
SP
Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it.
Last stated 16 years ago
21 Mar 2011
GM
George Monbiot — holds since 2006-07-11 — tap for who they are
GM
George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2011-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power plants, the standard example of software that must be proved correct, do not care about formal verification: thorough testing is enough for them. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear power plants, the standard example of software that must be proved correct, do not care about formal verification: thorough testing is enough for them.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
HW
Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functioning institution is a rare exception and never grows by itself: it was assembled by a founder with good judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A functioning institution is a rare exception and never grows by itself: it was assembled by a founder with good judgement.
Last stated 8 years ago
9 Jul 2018
SB
Samo Burja — holds since 2018-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A radically new product needs many separate technologies to arrive together, and waiting for that convergence can take decades. — tap to centre the map on it
A radically new product needs many separate technologies to arrive together, and waiting for that convergence can take decades.
Last stated 4 years ago
5 Nov 2022
RB
Rodney Brooks — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team of fifty can build a supersonic jet only by making hardware development look like software development and driving down the cost of iteration. — tap to centre the map on it
A team of fifty can build a supersonic jet only by making hardware development look like software development and driving down the cost of iteration.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Jul 2026
BS
Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it
Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one.
Last stated 6 years ago
2 Apr 2021
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Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it
About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
DP
Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it
Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
BE
Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated 12 months ago
11 Oct 2025
AM
Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links. — tap to centre the map on it
A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links.
Last stated a month ago
23 Aug 2026
SH
Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it
After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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Frontier AI should be licensed like other high-risk critical technologies such as medicine, aviation, and nuclear energy.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Yoshua Bengio
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Same subject: energy, nuclear power
American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation.
Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds Molson Hart
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both.
Last stated 3 Nov 2008 · 18 years ago
Holds David MacKay
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
If Canada is strong, sovereign, hard-working, deeply competent, and finishes ambitious infrastructure on budget and on time, every other problem melts away.
Last stated 13 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs.
Last stated 15 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Isaiah Taylor
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Nuclear power is dangerous, but not uniquely so among energy sources like coal, oil, and wind.
Last stated 3 Nov 2008 · 18 years ago
Holds David MacKay
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade.
Last stated 4 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Serhii Plokhy
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it.
Last stated 21 Mar 2011 · 16 years ago
No longer holds George Monbiot
Same subject: energy, nuclear power
Nuclear power plants, the standard example of software that must be proved correct, do not care about formal verification: thorough testing is enough for them.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Hillel Wayne
Same subject: aviation
A functioning institution is a rare exception and never grows by itself: it was assembled by a founder with good judgement.
Last stated 9 Jul 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Samo Burja
Same subject: aviation
A radically new product needs many separate technologies to arrive together, and waiting for that convergence can take decades.
Last stated 5 Nov 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Rodney Brooks
Same subject: aviation
A team of fifty can build a supersonic jet only by making hardware development look like software development and driving down the cost of iteration.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Blake Scholl
Same subject: batteries
Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one.
Last stated 2 Apr 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds Bjorn Fehrm
Same subject: batteries
About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 13 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Dylan Patel
Same subject: batteries
Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated 2 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Benedict Evans
Same subject: data centers
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated 11 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Andy Masley
Same subject: data centers
A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Scott Hanselman
Same subject: data centers
After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again.
Last stated 12 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson