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Read this korrent: Frontier models must be cheap enough for anyone to use, because a world in which they are rationed to the wealthiest developers is the wrong world.
Frontier models must be cheap enough for anyone to use, because a world in which they are rationed to the wealthiest developers is the wrong world.
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: Open-source models cannot keep frontier systems in check, because they will always be much dumber than the frontier. — tap to centre the map on it
Open-source models cannot keep frontier systems in check, because they will always be much dumber than the frontier.
Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every frontier model is profitable on its own; the company loses money only because it is already training one ten times more expensive. — tap to centre the map on it
Every frontier model is profitable on its own; the company loses money only because it is already training one ten times more expensive.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is not yet a frontier foundation model robust enough for robotics. — tap to centre the map on it
There is not yet a frontier foundation model robust enough for robotics.
Last stated 3 days ago
4 Sept 2026
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Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it
A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — 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 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — 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 a month ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Open frontier models will keep being released whether or not anyone wants to stop them, and stopping them would only leave the world less prepared. — tap to centre the map on it
Open frontier models will keep being released whether or not anyone wants to stop them, and stopping them would only leave the world less prepared.
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: Open models trailing the frontier by a few months is a good arrangement, because the industry needs a common working space it all has access to. — tap to centre the map on it
Open models trailing the frontier by a few months is a good arrangement, because the industry needs a common working space it all has access to.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas. — tap to centre the map on it
A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas.
Last stated 3 years ago
1 Oct 2023
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it. — tap to centre the map on it
A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it.
Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases. — tap to centre the map on it
A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases.
Last stated a month ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — 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 a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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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'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.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 10 months ago
17 Nov 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago. — tap to centre the map on it
Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving.
Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
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Frontier models must be cheap enough for anyone to use, because a world in which they are rationed to the wealthiest developers is the wrong world.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
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Open-source models cannot keep frontier systems in check, because they will always be much dumber than the frontier.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
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Every frontier model is profitable on its own; the company loses money only because it is already training one ten times more expensive.
Last stated 13 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds DA Dario Amodei
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There is not yet a frontier foundation model robust enough for robotics.
Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 3 days ago
Holds FL Fei-Fei Li
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A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one.
Last stated 26 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds NB Noam Brown
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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 1 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Similar wording
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 27 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Similar wording
Open frontier models will keep being released whether or not anyone wants to stop them, and stopping them would only leave the world less prepared.
Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds NL Nathan Lambert
Similar wording
Open models trailing the frontier by a few months is a good arrangement, because the industry needs a common working space it all has access to.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: robotics
A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas.
Last stated 1 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds TC Tyler Cowen
Same subject: robotics
A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it.
Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds MH Molson Hart
Same subject: robotics
A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds DD Dmitri Dolgov
Same subject: OpenAI
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 18 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: OpenAI
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.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
Same subject: OpenAI
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: reinforcement learning
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 17 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: reinforcement learning
Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: reinforcement learning
Humans barely use reinforcement learning for intelligence — what RL they do use goes into motor tasks, not problem solving.
Last stated 17 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy