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AGI 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: Genetic modification is not one ethical question: a silkworm must never be modified, and bacteria are not in the same ethical range at all. Genetic modification is not one ethical question: a silkworm must never be modified, and bacteria are not in the same ethical range at all. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Sept 2023
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Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Open-sourcing biology models is right in principle but has to be balanced against biosafety. — tap to centre the map on it Open-sourcing biology models is right in principle but has to be balanced against biosafety. Last stated 4 months ago
10 Jun 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Meat produced from waste and rangeland is efficient enough that giving up meat is not the only ethical answer to world hunger. — tap to centre the map on it Meat produced from waste and rangeland is efficient enough that giving up meat is not the only ethical answer to world hunger. Last stated 13 years ago
27 Nov 2013
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George Monbiot — holds since 2010-09-07 — tap for who they are
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George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2013-11-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. — tap to centre the map on it Locking humanity into one model's or one company's moral worldview would buy a little short-term safety and cost a long-term disaster. Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Human Genome Project's results have been less transformative than initially advertised relative to its cost. — tap to centre the map on it The Human Genome Project's results have been less transformative than initially advertised relative to its cost. Last stated 2 years ago
16 Feb 2025
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Elliot Hershberg — holds since 2025-02-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Bacteria never became complex because the barrier is structure, not information — they explored genetic space far more thoroughly than eukaryotes and still got stuck. — tap to centre the map on it Bacteria never became complex because the barrier is structure, not information — they explored genetic space far more thoroughly than eukaryotes and still got stuck. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI research is on a good trajectory overall — good for science and good for society — and existential concerns will only become relevant in the distant future. — tap to centre the map on it AI research is on a good trajectory overall — good for science and good for society — and existential concerns will only become relevant in the distant future. Last stated 3 years ago
12 Aug 2023
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Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2023-08-12 — tap for who they are
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Yoshua Bengio — no longer holds since 2023-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current situation regarding bioweapons is very bad. — tap to centre the map on it The current situation regarding bioweapons is very bad. Last stated a week ago
14 Oct 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Extending the human lifespan past its natural ceiling will require deep genetic engineering, not just better healthcare. — tap to centre the map on it Extending the human lifespan past its natural ceiling will require deep genetic engineering, not just better healthcare. Last stated 6 years ago
14 Apr 2021
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Tim Urban — holds since 2021-04-14 — 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: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality — tap to centre the map on it A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality Last stated 3 years ago
10 Oct 2023
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2023-10-10 — tap for who they are