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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 4 Nov 2022 to 21 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about Google and OpenAI .
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chat interfaces 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: OpenAI's 2022 bet on GPT-4 was a larger gamble than any training run since: all of its compute, for months, on an architecture nobody at Google believed in. OpenAI's 2022 bet on GPT-4 was a larger gamble than any training run since: all of its compute, for months, on an architecture nobody at Google believed in. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces — tap to centre the map on it Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop. Last stated 9 months ago
5 Feb 2026
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Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-02-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Feb 2024
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Elad Gil — holds since 2024-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not. — tap to centre the map on it Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. — tap to centre the map on it Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade. — tap to centre the map on it Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade. Last stated a month ago
11 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. — tap to centre the map on it New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Jan 2024
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Fred Wilson — holds since 2024-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies. — tap to centre the map on it The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies. Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — 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: 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 lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. 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: 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
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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
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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
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Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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OpenAI's 2022 bet on GPT-4 was a larger gamble than any training run since: all of its compute, for months, on an architecture nobody at Google believed in.
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Agents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces
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Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.
Holds
Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players.
Holds
Google had the data, the technology and the engineers to ship ChatGPT in 2019, and bureaucracy alone is why it did not.
Holds
Google is behind in the personal AI assistant space.
Holds
Many employees at major AI labs earnestly believe humans may go extinct by the end of the decade.
Holds
New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack.
Holds
The moral debt for AI's capabilities is owed to the authors of the public data used to train it, not to the AI companies.
Holds
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Holds
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Holds
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
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 lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
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