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← People cannot choose without comparison, so an AI that hands over one perfect answer will not satisfy them.
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Read this korrent: People cannot choose without comparison, so an AI that hands over one perfect answer will not satisfy them.
People cannot choose without comparison, so an AI that hands over one perfect answer will not satisfy them.
Last stated 9 months ago
9 Dec 2025
RS
Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — 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 as judges rather than authors, because telling which of two answers is better is far easier than writing a good one.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
NL
Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Human preference is not an equation you can package by asking which of two answers people prefer; it is personal, cultural, geographic and generational. — tap to centre the map on it
Human preference is not an equation you can package by asking which of two answers people prefer; it is personal, cultural, geographic and generational.
Last stated 5 months ago
29 Mar 2026
CH
Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages. — tap to centre the map on it
AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
DF
Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Great customer service has always been a luxury only a Hermès or a Four Seasons could afford, and AI is what breaks the trade-off between its cost and its quality. — tap to centre the map on it
Great customer service has always been a luxury only a Hermès or a Four Seasons could afford, and AI is what breaks the trade-off between its cost and its quality.
Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
CB
Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. — tap to centre the map on it
Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it.
Last stated 3 years ago
13 Dec 2023
SA
Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are
SA
Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People value a human-made good for the connection to its maker, which is why the premium disappears once five hundred copies exist. — tap to centre the map on it
People value a human-made good for the connection to its maker, which is why the premium disappears once five hundred copies exist.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every machine-learning deployment that has paid off so far left a person making the decision, which is the only reason imperfect models were useful. — tap to centre the map on it
Every machine-learning deployment that has paid off so far left a person making the decision, which is the only reason imperfect models were useful.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
CF
Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over. — tap to centre the map on it
When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over.
Last stated 4 years ago
9 Aug 2022
GK
Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — 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 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. — tap to centre the map on it
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
ÉT
Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it
A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel.
Last stated a month ago
3 Aug 2026
DD
Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 10 months ago
17 Nov 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model.
Last stated a month ago
3 Aug 2026
DD
Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Last stated 5 days ago
3 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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People cannot choose without comparison, so an AI that hands over one perfect answer will not satisfy them.
Last stated 9 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds RS Rory Sutherland
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Similar wording
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.
Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds NL Nathan Lambert
Similar wording
Human preference is not an equation you can package by asking which of two answers people prefer; it is personal, cultural, geographic and generational.
Last stated 29 Mar 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds CH Chip Huyen
Similar wording
AI cannot get a product to the quality bar on its own, because it still works in the realm of averages.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds DF Dylan Field
Similar wording
Great customer service has always been a luxury only a Hermès or a Four Seasons could afford, and AI is what breaks the trade-off between its cost and its quality.
Last stated 18 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds CB Clay Bavor
Similar wording
Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it.
Last stated 13 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
No longer holds SA Scott Aaronson
Similar wording
People value a human-made good for the connection to its maker, which is why the premium disappears once five hundred copies exist.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds AI Alex Imas
Similar wording
Every machine-learning deployment that has paid off so far left a person making the decision, which is the only reason imperfect models were useful.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds CF Chelsea Finn
Similar wording
When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over.
Last stated 9 Aug 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds GK Gary Klein
Same subject: AI alignment
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 25 Nov 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AI alignment
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
Same subject: AI alignment
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Last stated 24 Oct 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds ÉT Émile P. Torres
Same subject: reinforcement learning
A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds DD Dmitri Dolgov
Same subject: reinforcement learning
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 17 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: reinforcement learning
Building a realistic simulator is exactly as hard as building the agent, because the simulator is itself a large AI model.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds DD Dmitri Dolgov
Same subject: OpenAI
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 18 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: OpenAI
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
Same subject: OpenAI
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy