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2 Nov 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-11-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is a good chance that AI will kill everyone soon. — tap to centre the map on it There is a good chance that AI will kill everyone soon. Last stated 2 months ago
11 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing and using it are. — tap to centre the map on it The question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing and using it are. Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Carissa Véliz — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago
10 Jun 2025
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Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claims that AI has a greater than 10% chance of killing all humans within a decade are irresponsible fear-sowing. — tap to centre the map on it Claims that AI has a greater than 10% chance of killing all humans within a decade are irresponsible fear-sowing. Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
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Bryan Cantrill — holds since 2026-09-13 — 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: Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so. — tap to centre the map on it Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind. — tap to centre the map on it AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind. Last stated 3 years ago
25 May 2023
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Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will likely kill some people on the way to killing all of humanity. — tap to centre the map on it AI will likely kill some people on the way to killing all of humanity. Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence. Last stated 12 years ago
16 Jan 2015
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Sam Harris — holds since 2015-01-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. Last stated 2 months ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. — tap to centre the map on it AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. Last stated 14 years ago
3 Oct 2012
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David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — 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
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 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
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 4 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 2 months ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
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It is possible to be an ethical person while also believing that AI will not kill everyone.
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There is a good chance that AI will kill everyone soon.
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The question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing and using it are.
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A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
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Claims that AI has a greater than 10% chance of killing all humans within a decade are irresponsible fear-sowing.
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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.
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Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so.
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AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind.
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AI will likely kill some people on the way to killing all of humanity.
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A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence.
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A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve.
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AGI research made no progress in its first six decades.
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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.
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A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds
A model that could learn effectively from raw bitstrings or bytestrings would be extremely powerful, able to learn from any data modality
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A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
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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.
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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.
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