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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AI agents AI agents 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: Machines should do the parts of a task that people are bad at, so that people and technology work as partners on human terms. Machines should do the parts of a taskthat people are bad at, so that people andtechnology work as partners on humanterms. Last stated 7 years ago 26 Jul 2019 DN Don Norman — holds since 2019-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is the duty of machines and their designers to understand people, not people's duty to understand the dictates of machines — tap to centre the map on it It is the duty of machines and theirdesigners to understand people, notpeople's duty to understand thedictates of machines DN Don Norman — holds since c. 1988–2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be approached as acollaboration between humans andcomputers, not a forced choicebetween them. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Feb 2024 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI turns people who are bad at their jobs into people who are good at their jobs, for better and worse. — tap to centre the map on it AI turns people who are bad at theirjobs into people who are good attheir jobs, for better and worse. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI models are worse colleagues than humans, because they routinely imply they did a task they did not actually do. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI models are worsecolleagues than humans, because theyroutinely imply they did a task theydid not actually do. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work betterthan you is no reason to stop doingit, because the point of the workwas never that only you could do it. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delegating care, skill, relationship, moral judgement or responsibility to a machine is different in kind from delegating a task. — tap to centre the map on it Delegating care, skill,relationship, moral judgement orresponsibility to a machine isdifferent in kind from delegating atask. Last stated 2 years ago 29 Dec 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-12-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rather than having AI just do the task, people should use it to help build the right mental models. — tap to centre the map on it Rather than having AI just do thetask, people should use it to helpbuild the right mental models. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 FG Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Outsourcing more tasks to machines reduces people's ability to do those tasks themselves in the future. — tap to centre the map on it Outsourcing more tasks to machinesreduces people's ability to do thosetasks themselves in the future. Last stated 4 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 SJ Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated 2 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Machines should do the parts of a task that people are bad at, so that people and technology work as partners on human terms. Last stated 26 Jul 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Don Norman Read this korrent →