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Everything filed under inflation inflation Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under reinforcement learning reinforcement learning Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Increased intelligence leads to a greater desire for leisure and fun. Increased intelligence leads to a greaterdesire for leisure and fun. Last stated yesterday 7 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: More intelligent people tend to be better investors because of lower time-discounting, greater risk tolerance, and more accurate economic forecasts, not any single factor. — tap to centre the map on it More intelligent people tend to bebetter investors because of lowertime-discounting, greater risktolerance, and more accurateeconomic forecasts, not any singlefactor. Last stated 6 years ago 13 Mar 2021 GW Gwern — holds since 2021-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is infinite demand for intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it There is infinite demand forintelligence. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. — tap to centre the map on it Because a few specialists alreadydevote themselves tosuperintelligent AI, the rest of ushave correspondingly less reason tospend our own effort on it. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Dec 2023 SA Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are SA Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans have been living in the presence of a superintelligence their entire lives. — tap to centre the map on it Humans have been living in thepresence of a superintelligencetheir entire lives. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious. — tap to centre the map on it AI both allows and forces productpeople to be a lot more ambitious. Last stated a week ago 29 Sept 2026 LR Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Intelligence is becoming a choice rather than a byproduct of daily work: there will still be smart people, but only those who choose to be. — tap to centre the map on it Intelligence is becoming a choicerather than a byproduct of dailywork: there will still be smartpeople, but only those who choose tobe. Last stated 11 months ago 18 Nov 2025 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Character is higher than intellect — tap to centre the map on it Character is higher than intellect Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity's advantage is accumulated shared knowledge rather than higher intelligence — and AI models, which vanish with their context window, have none of it. — tap to centre the map on it Humanity's advantage is accumulatedshared knowledge rather than higherintelligence — and AI models, whichvanish with their context window,have none of it. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. — tap to centre the map on it A company's staff-engineer barshould be set against the bestcompanies in the industry ratherthan against its own history, whichis what makes title inflation a realcost. Last stated 6 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: An economy on a fixed, unprintable base money supply can sustain rapid long-run growth with zero cumulative price inflation. — tap to centre the map on it An economy on a fixed, unprintablebase money supply can sustain rapidlong-run growth with zero cumulativeprice inflation. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 LA Lyn Alden — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cash welfare benefits contributed at least somewhat to the inflation of 2021-2022. — tap to centre the map on it Cash welfare benefits contributed atleast somewhat to the inflation of2021-2022. Last stated 4 years ago 25 Jul 2022 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2022-07-25 — 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 supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI 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 substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM 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 effectivelyfrom raw bitstrings or bytestringswould be extremely powerful, able tolearn from any data modality Last stated 3 years ago 10 Oct 2023 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2023-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI company needs threeAIs, not one — the agent, thesimulator and the critic — turningdeployment into a flywheel. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — 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 optimisedby reinforcement learning until aneural network performs it extremelywell. Last stated 11 months ago 17 Nov 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model. — tap to centre the map on it Building a realistic simulator isexactly as hard as building theagent, because the simulator isitself a large AI model. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
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