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25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories. — tap to centre the map on it Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories. Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The brain does not record experience continuously; it lays down an episodic memory at moments of surprise, uncertainty and prediction error, because that is where the useful information is. — tap to centre the map on it The brain does not record experience continuously; it lays down an episodic memory at moments of surprise, uncertainty and prediction error, because that is where the useful information is. Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The point of a good memory is not to remember more but to remember better, because forgetting most of what you experience is what human brains are built to do. — tap to centre the map on it The point of a good memory is not to remember more but to remember better, because forgetting most of what you experience is what human brains are built to do. Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Spaced recall works by stripping a memory of the time and place it happened, which is why the memories you revisit most feel like facts you read rather than things you lived. — tap to centre the map on it Spaced recall works by stripping a memory of the time and place it happened, which is why the memories you revisit most feel like facts you read rather than things you lived. Last stated 2 years ago
25 May 2024
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Charan Ranganath — holds since 2024-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Seeing something many times does not put it into memory: familiarity with a thing and knowledge of it are different, and people confuse the two constantly. — tap to centre the map on it Seeing something many times does not put it into memory: familiarity with a thing and knowledge of it are different, and people confuse the two constantly. Last stated 3 months ago
13 Jul 2026
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Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Large language models have no network effect, and remembering a user is a switching cost rather than one. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models have no network effect, and remembering a user is a switching cost rather than one. Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Latent experience remains even when specific knowledge is forgotten. — tap to centre the map on it Latent experience remains even when specific knowledge is forgotten. Last stated 2 weeks ago
9 Oct 2026
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Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every abstraction in agentic programming — RAG, memory, agentic history, structured output — is just a different way of passing tokens into a model, and understanding that beats learning any of them. — tap to centre the map on it Every abstraction in agentic programming — RAG, memory, agentic history, structured output — is just a different way of passing tokens into a model, and understanding that beats learning any of them. 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 model that can predict the next frames of a video coherently understands the world, in the only sense of the word that is doing any work. — tap to centre the map on it A model that can predict the next frames of a video coherently understands the world, in the only sense of the word that is doing any work. Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An adaptive agent's world model cannot be a static representation learned once and fixed — tap to centre the map on it An adaptive agent's world model cannot be a static representation learned once and fixed Last stated a year ago
17 Jul 2025
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François Chollet — holds since 2025-07-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop. — tap to centre the map on it Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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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 be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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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 its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated yesterday
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 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. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
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Having both episodic and semantic memory is what lets a mind change on a dime without erasing what it already learned, and it is why humans can learn from so little data.
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Memory does not simply decline with age — an older brain's job changes to passing on accumulated knowledge rather than forming new episodic memories.
Holds
The brain does not record experience continuously; it lays down an episodic memory at moments of surprise, uncertainty and prediction error, because that is where the useful information is.
Holds
The point of a good memory is not to remember more but to remember better, because forgetting most of what you experience is what human brains are built to do.
Holds
Spaced recall works by stripping a memory of the time and place it happened, which is why the memories you revisit most feel like facts you read rather than things you lived.
Holds
Seeing something many times does not put it into memory: familiarity with a thing and knowledge of it are different, and people confuse the two constantly.
Holds
Large language models have no network effect, and remembering a user is a switching cost rather than one.
Holds
Latent experience remains even when specific knowledge is forgotten.
Holds
Every abstraction in agentic programming — RAG, memory, agentic history, structured output — is just a different way of passing tokens into a model, and understanding that beats learning any of them.
Holds
A model that can predict the next frames of a video coherently understands the world, in the only sense of the word that is doing any work.
Holds
An adaptive agent's world model cannot be a static representation learned once and fixed
Holds
Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
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.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
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.
Holds