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← Most of the time, technology is incremental improvement on enduring ideas

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Everything filed under recursive self-improvement recursive self-improvement Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Most of the time, technology is incremental improvement on enduring ideas Most of the time, technology isincremental improvement on enduring ideas Last stated 4 years ago 10 Feb 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-02-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all. — tap to centre the map on it Expecting technology to keepaccelerating is a bias of ourparticular moment; for most of humanhistory the tools did not change atall. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress does not deliver the most important technologies first; what people choose to work on decides what exists. — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress does notdeliver the most importanttechnologies first; what peoplechoose to work on decides whatexists. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Feb 2024 JT Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2024-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The usual PM craft still applies, but testing things empirically and moving faster matter more than ever. — tap to centre the map on it The usual PM craft still applies,but testing things empirically andmoving faster matter more than ever. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 TS Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement. — tap to centre the map on it The current speed of AI progresscould be sustained all the way intorecursive self-improvement. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Sept 2026 JP Jakub Pachocki — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The technology side keeps changing, but the human side does not change that fast: people have the same problems. — tap to centre the map on it The technology side keeps changing,but the human side does not changethat fast: people have the sameproblems. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 AV Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it Technological determinism is onlybelievable low down the tech tree;higher up we already choose whichpaths not to take. Last stated 6 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Efficiency and real invention are at odds, because genuine invention requires wandering and you have to give yourself permission to do it. — tap to centre the map on it Efficiency and real invention are atodds, because genuine inventionrequires wandering and you have togive yourself permission to do it. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Innovative design develops in tandem with innovative technology and can never be an end in itself. — tap to centre the map on it Innovative design develops in tandemwith innovative technology and cannever be an end in itself. Last stated 14 years ago by 3 Aug 2012 DR Dieter Rams — holds since 2012-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. — tap to centre the map on it AI is already inside the recursiveself-improvement loop — what thelabs have shipped in recent weeksshows the cycle has started. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Aug 2026 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI research will be fully automated around 2030 or 2031, and AI will beat humans at essentially any job by about 2033. — tap to centre the map on it AI research will be fully automatedaround 2030 or 2031, and AI willbeat humans at essentially any jobby about 2033. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI self-improvement may not be powerful enough to overcome diminishing returns. — tap to centre the map on it AI self-improvement may not bepowerful enough to overcomediminishing returns. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Sept 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL 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 notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Most of the time, technology is incremental improvement on enduring ideas Last stated 10 Feb 2023 · 4 years ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →