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Everything filed under AGI
AGI
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AI alignment
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evolutionary biology
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measuring intelligence Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Nature gave eyes to animals and not to trees because eyes are only worth having if you move, and moving is what produces a new viewpoint. Nature gave eyes to animals and not to trees because eyes are only worth having if you move, and moving is what produces a new viewpoint. Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. — tap to centre the map on it Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
DH
Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Our evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace. — tap to centre the map on it Our evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace. Last stated 6 years ago
12 Mar 2021
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Sensing the world is what set evolution racing: the first photoreceptive cells created the force that drove animal life to diversify. — tap to centre the map on it Sensing the world is what set evolution racing: the first photoreceptive cells created the force that drove animal life to diversify. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Predation is what makes evolution creative: without it there would be no arms races, no great feats of evolution, and a far less beautiful world. — tap to centre the map on it Predation is what makes evolution creative: without it there would be no arms races, no great feats of evolution, and a far less beautiful world. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Opinions move by touching things, not by reading about them: nobody learns to drive a race car from a book. — tap to centre the map on it Opinions move by touching things, not by reading about them: nobody learns to drive a race car from a book. Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything. — tap to centre the map on it Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything. Last stated 7 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support — tap to centre the map on it It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support
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Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind. — tap to centre the map on it Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind. Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
DH
Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — 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 human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — 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
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
MM
Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
BS
Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 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 a month ago
15 Sept 2026
PG
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
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Nature gave eyes to animals and not to trees because eyes are only worth having if you move, and moving is what produces a new viewpoint.
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Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not.
Holds
Our evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace.
Holds
Sensing the world is what set evolution racing: the first photoreceptive cells created the force that drove animal life to diversify.
Holds
Predation is what makes evolution creative: without it there would be no arms races, no great feats of evolution, and a far less beautiful world.
Holds
Opinions move by touching things, not by reading about them: nobody learns to drive a race car from a book.
Holds
Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything.
Holds
It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support
Last stated c. 1890–1902
Holds
Anything nature shaped can be learned efficiently by a classical neural network, because evolutionary processes leave structure behind.
Holds
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.
Holds
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds
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 company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds
A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
Holds
A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve.
Holds
AGI research made no progress in its first six decades.
Holds