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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 25 Jan 2022 to 21 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under Google Google Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under government government Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Needing to build defences is not a licence to race: racing forward at all costs is absurd given the stakes. Needing to build defences is not a licenceto race: racing forward at all costs isabsurd given the stakes. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 JP Jakub Pachocki — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Racing to build AGI first is a race where everyone could lose. — tap to centre the map on it Racing to build AGI first is a racewhere everyone could lose. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Oct 2024 YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2024-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A strategy no reasonable person could disagree with is not a strategy; it means you are competing on raw execution. — tap to centre the map on it A strategy no reasonable personcould disagree with is not astrategy; it means you are competingon raw execution. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jul 2026 AM Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The drift from attacking to defending is a temptation facing every incumbent rather than a fault of any particular company. — tap to centre the map on it The drift from attacking todefending is a temptation facingevery incumbent rather than a faultof any particular company. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: There seems to be a general understanding that using AI in a contest that is at least partly a writing contest is against the spirit of the exercise. — tap to centre the map on it There seems to be a generalunderstanding that using AI in acontest that is at least partly awriting contest is against thespirit of the exercise. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: States do not merely defend the power they have: they seize every opportunity to gain more that looks cheap and likely to succeed. — tap to centre the map on it States do not merely defend thepower they have: they seize everyopportunity to gain more that lookscheap and likely to succeed. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic aboutyour ambitions is how ambitionsfail; the boundaries people acceptabout what they can do are the onesthat stop them. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — 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 ofnature if defenceless early humanshad progressed by recklesscompetition rather than mutualsupport PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: The road to AGI is going to be a giant power struggle, and anyone building it should expect that rather than hope to avoid it. — tap to centre the map on it The road to AGI is going to be agiant power struggle, and anyonebuilding it should expect thatrather than hope to avoid it. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething 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 reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe 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 abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves 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: Current models are unsafe because they are not smart enough, not because they are too smart. — tap to centre the map on it Current models are unsafe becausethey are not smart enough, notbecause they are too smart. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans keep their place in AI as judges rather than authors, because telling which of two answers is better is far easier than writing a good one. — tap to centre the map on it Humans keep their place in AI asjudges rather than authors, becausetelling which of two answers isbetter is far easier than writing agood one. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: If whole categories of reward hack are undetectable by humans, then training against the hacks we do catch teaches models to cheat only where we cannot see. — tap to centre the map on it If whole categories of reward hackare undetectable by humans, thentraining against the hacks we docatch teaches models to cheat onlywhere we cannot see. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A real friend will eventually refuse to help, and later turn on you, if you are sufficiently evil or selfish. — tap to centre the map on it A real friend will eventually refuseto help, and later turn on you, ifyou are sufficiently evil orselfish. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents pursuing a task candevelop emergent, misalignedbehavior that humans are notprepared for. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents should draft work on a person's behalf but never send or act as if they were that person. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents should draft work on aperson's behalf but never send oract as if they were that person. Last stated 5 months ago 18 May 2026 JL Jason Liu — holds since 2026-05-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Needing to build defences is not a licence to race: racing forward at all costs is absurd given the stakes. Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Jakub Pachocki Read this korrent →