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17 connected korrents · 18 moments on record from 5 Nov 2019 to 18 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about LLMs .
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Read this korrent: LLMs hallucinate constantly and cannot be trusted to produce code without human verification.
LLMs hallucinate constantly and cannot be trusted to produce code without human verification.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Fabien Sanglard — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI tooling and interface design lags behind the underlying models' actual capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it
AI tooling and interface design lags behind the underlying models' actual capabilities.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Jan 2025
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Nelson Elhage — holds since 2025-01-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances. — tap to centre the map on it
Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances.
Last stated 3 years ago
by 1 May 2023
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Amelia Wattenberger — holds since 2023-05-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Language models are gullible by design — they do what they are told and believe nearly anything said to them — and that, not a bug, is what makes software built on them attackable. — tap to centre the map on it
Language models are gullible by design — they do what they are told and believe nearly anything said to them — and that, not a bug, is what makes software built on them attackable.
Last stated 6 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer scientist refusing to find LLMs interesting is like a geneticist ignoring Jurassic Park. — tap to centre the map on it
A computer scientist refusing to find LLMs interesting is like a geneticist ignoring Jurassic Park.
Last stated 3 days ago
18 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
2 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Jul 2024
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Lilian Weng — holds since 2024-07-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world.
Last stated 12 months ago
26 Sept 2025
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Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality.
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: A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold. — tap to centre the map on it
A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jul 2025
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Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An important decision needs one reason that on its own supports it; a collection of weak reasons means you have not yet found your reason. — tap to centre the map on it
An important decision needs one reason that on its own supports it; a collection of weak reasons means you have not yet found your reason.
Last stated a year ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. — tap to centre the map on it
A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users. — tap to centre the map on it
Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users.
Last stated 5 days ago
16 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI chat apps will slowly eat up most services and provide them to users directly, often without an app or interface — tap to centre the map on it
AI chat apps will slowly eat up most services and provide them to users directly, often without an app or interface
Last stated 2 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-10 — 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: A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model. — tap to centre the map on it
A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model.
Last stated 6 days ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect. — tap to centre the map on it
Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect.
Last stated 7 years ago
5 Nov 2019
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François Chollet — holds since 2019-11-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre
LLMs hallucinate constantly and cannot be trusted to produce code without human verification.
Last stated 21 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Fabien Sanglard
Read this korrent →
Same subject: LLMs, design
AI tooling and interface design lags behind the underlying models' actual capabilities.
Last stated 27 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Nelson Elhage
Same subject: LLMs, design
Chatbots are a terrible interface for large language models, because a text box has no affordances.
Last stated by 1 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Amelia Wattenberger
Same subject: LLMs, design
Language models are gullible by design — they do what they are told and believe nearly anything said to them — and that, not a bug, is what makes software built on them attackable.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: LLMs
A computer scientist refusing to find LLMs interesting is like a geneticist ignoring Jurassic Park.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 3 days ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: LLMs
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 2 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: LLMs
A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer.
Last stated 7 Jul 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Lilian Weng
Same subject: LLMs
A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world.
Last stated 26 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Richard Sutton
Same subject: LLMs
A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality.
Last stated 2 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Benedict Evans
Same subject: simplicity
A group of businesses only works when every one of them feeds the others, and everything that does not fit the strategy should be sold.
Last stated 16 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Jamie Dimon
Same subject: simplicity
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: simplicity
An important decision needs one reason that on its own supports it; a collection of weak reasons means you have not yet found your reason.
Last stated 23 Mar 2025 · a year ago
Holds Rahul Vohra
Same subject: chat interfaces
A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Arvid Kahl
Same subject: chat interfaces
Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users.
Last stated 16 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds M.G. Siegler
Same subject: chat interfaces
AI chat apps will slowly eat up most services and provide them to users directly, often without an app or interface
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Same subject: measuring intelligence
A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
Last stated 10 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Samuel Hammond
Same subject: measuring intelligence
A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: measuring intelligence
Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect.
Last stated 5 Nov 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds François Chollet