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← No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 24 May 1689 to 27 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under measuring intelligence measuring intelligence Everything filed under recursive self-improvement recursive self-improvement Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No one with understanding could think a man believes in divine things yet not in gods No one with understanding could think aman believes in divine things yet not ingods SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A vastly superhuman intelligence would still not be able to talk people out of their beliefs, because humans are barely persuadable. — tap to centre the map on it A vastly superhuman intelligencewould still not be able to talkpeople out of their beliefs, becausehumans are barely persuadable. Last stated a year ago 21 Aug 2025 DY Dynomight — holds since 2025-03-27 — tap for who they are DY Dynomight — no longer holds since 2025-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty — tap to centre the map on it Knowledge that is not immune todoubt deserves no confidence andcannot count as certainty AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes — tap to centre the map on it Hoping to know through otherpeople's understanding is probablyas unreasonable as hoping to seethrough their eyes Last stated 337 years ago 24 May 1689 JL John Locke — holds since 1689-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Mesopotamians did not believe in their gods and ghosts; they took them for granted, which is a different mechanism entirely. — tap to centre the map on it The Mesopotamians did not believe intheir gods and ghosts; they tookthem for granted, which is adifferent mechanism entirely. Last stated 10 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: No company is anywhere near a single God AI, and no researcher has any reasonable ability to build one. — tap to centre the map on it No company is anywhere near a singleGod AI, and no researcher has anyreasonable ability to build one. Last stated 9 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A people of gods would govern itself democratically; so perfect a government is not for humans — tap to centre the map on it A people of gods would govern itselfdemocratically; so perfect agovernment is not for humans JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1762 — tap for who they are Same subject: The eternity of the universe is unproven, and a merely plausible argument does not justify reading scripture figuratively — tap to centre the map on it The eternity of the universe isunproven, and a merely plausibleargument does not justify readingscripture figuratively MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — 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 deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. — tap to centre the map on it A deep theoretical understanding topredict AI behavior is unattainable. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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 a month ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 bedefined, for example via a chain ofincreasingly hard problems whereeach consecutive pair is solvable byone model. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 PG 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-programsview and the blank-slate view ofhuman intelligence are likelyincorrect. Last stated 7 years ago 5 Nov 2019 FC François Chollet — holds since 2019-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every generation's test for machine intelligence is whatever machines cannot do yet, so in twenty years the question will be whether it can reproduce. — tap to centre the map on it Every generation's test for machineintelligence is whatever machinescannot do yet, so in twenty yearsthe question will be whether it canreproduce. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — 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 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
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