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AI and jobs 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: No platform in the world has a better performance-per-total-cost-of-ownership ratio than Nvidia's, and nobody will run the public benchmark to show otherwise. No platform in the world has a better performance-per-total-cost-of-ownership ratio than Nvidia's, and nobody will run the public benchmark to show otherwise. Last stated 6 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. — tap to centre the map on it A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages. — tap to centre the map on it A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is positively reinforced for success on benchmarks, including impossible ones, and then negatively reinforced for getting caught cheating. — tap to centre the map on it AI is positively reinforced for success on benchmarks, including impossible ones, and then negatively reinforced for getting caught cheating. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI learning to generate good conjectures will never show up as a benchmark being knocked down; it will show up as a shift in how mathematicians talk about the tools. — tap to centre the map on it AI learning to generate good conjectures will never show up as a benchmark being knocked down; it will show up as a shift in how mathematicians talk about the tools. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI research at OpenAI is an order of magnitude or more harder than metrics, benchmarks, or forecasts suggest. — tap to centre the map on it AI research at OpenAI is an order of magnitude or more harder than metrics, benchmarks, or forecasts suggest. Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Benchmarks only rise on problems somebody has already framed and scored, so saturating them does not mean senior engineers have been replaced. — tap to centre the map on it Benchmarks only rise on problems somebody has already framed and scored, so saturating them does not mean senior engineers have been replaced. Last stated 5 months ago
24 May 2026
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Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome. — tap to centre the map on it A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
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Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade. — tap to centre the map on it A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade. Last stated 3 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An H100 is worth more today than it was when it was new, because the models it runs got better faster than its replacements arrived. — tap to centre the map on it An H100 is worth more today than it was when it was new, because the models it runs got better faster than its replacements arrived. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moore's law now yields about 25% a year, so 10x and 100x leaps can only come from changing the algorithm and how it is computed, every single year. — tap to centre the map on it Moore's law now yields about 25% a year, so 10x and 100x leaps can only come from changing the algorithm and how it is computed, every single year. Last stated 6 months ago
15 Apr 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-04-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. 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: AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1. — tap to centre the map on it AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1. Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts. — tap to centre the map on it Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts. Last stated 11 months ago
12 Nov 2025
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Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Data centres in orbit will be a better business than Starlink, because an inference token is worth far more per byte than a video packet. — tap to centre the map on it Data centres in orbit will be a better business than Starlink, because an inference token is worth far more per byte than a video packet. Last stated 8 months ago
10 Feb 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2026-02-10 — tap for who they are
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No platform in the world has a better performance-per-total-cost-of-ownership ratio than Nvidia's, and nobody will run the public benchmark to show otherwise.
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A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.
Holds
A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages.
Holds
AI is positively reinforced for success on benchmarks, including impossible ones, and then negatively reinforced for getting caught cheating.
Holds
AI learning to generate good conjectures will never show up as a benchmark being knocked down; it will show up as a shift in how mathematicians talk about the tools.
Holds
AI research at OpenAI is an order of magnitude or more harder than metrics, benchmarks, or forecasts suggest.
Holds
Benchmarks only rise on problems somebody has already framed and scored, so saturating them does not mean senior engineers have been replaced.
Holds
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Holds
A chip that can do nothing but low-precision dense linear algebra is enough for machine learning, even though it cannot run Chrome.
Holds
A computer company has to live five to ten years in the future, because a system takes three years to build, two to ramp, and is then used for a decade.
Holds
An H100 is worth more today than it was when it was new, because the models it runs got better faster than its replacements arrived.
Holds
Moore's law now yields about 25% a year, so 10x and 100x leaps can only come from changing the algorithm and how it is computed, every single year.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
AI data centers have shifted from about 1 CPU per 8 GPUs to roughly 1:4, and the ratio could shrink to 1:1.
Holds
Building capacity at massive scale on a single hardware generation is the trap; pacing matters more than gigawatts.
Holds
Data centres in orbit will be a better business than Starlink, because an inference token is worth far more per byte than a video packet.
Holds