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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 29 Feb 2012 to 10 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about empathy.

Everything filed under robotics robotics Everything filed under design design Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under chat interfaces chat interfaces Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People experience the pretend empathy of sociable robots as real People experience the pretend empathy ofsociable robots as real Last stated 15 years ago 29 Feb 2012 ST Sherry Turkle — holds since 2012-02-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beyond user empathy and systems thinking, building agents needs a relentlessness to try things and keep iterating. — tap to centre the map on it Beyond user empathy and systemsthinking, building agents needs arelentlessness to try things andkeep iterating. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 TS Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creativity is a choice: extending empathy to the person being served and announcing something into the future that might not work. — tap to centre the map on it Creativity is a choice: extendingempathy to the person being servedand announcing something into thefuture that might not work. Last stated 3 years ago 26 Mar 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Critics of empathy rely on a false dichotomy between empathy and reason. — tap to centre the map on it Critics of empathy rely on a falsedichotomy between empathy andreason. Last stated 12 years ago 9 May 2014 RK Roman Krznaric — holds since 2014-05-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Designers lost sight of what serves users and the business best: building things that work well and that people love. — tap to centre the map on it Designers lost sight of what servesusers and the business best:building things that work well andthat people love. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Jun 2024 JW Jenny Wen — holds since 2024-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective writing requires empathy for the reader, not only thought about what you want to say. — tap to centre the map on it Effective writing requires empathyfor the reader, not only thoughtabout what you want to say. Last stated 4 years ago 27 Feb 2023 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Emotion is the key to empathy: stir people emotionally and they identify with you; keep them cold and empathy does not grow. — tap to centre the map on it Emotion is the key to empathy: stirpeople emotionally and they identifywith you; keep them cold and empathydoes not grow. Last stated 11 years ago 29 Dec 2015 MK Maria Konnikova — holds since 2015-12-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas. — tap to centre the map on it A highly dynamic economy thatcheaply mass-produces robots mayincrease rather than decrease therisk of Malthusian resourcedilemmas. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Oct 2023 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it. — tap to centre the map on it A humanoid robot is the wrong toolon a factory floor, because amachine specialised in the taskbeats it. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI agent has to be safeon day one, because you cannot shipsomething merely good enough and letusers find the edge cases. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: One pre-trained robot model now matches or beats the specialists that were fine-tuned with reinforcement learning for the very tasks they were built for. — tap to centre the map on it One pre-trained robot model nowmatches or beats the specialiststhat were fine-tuned withreinforcement learning for the verytasks they were built for. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CF Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reinforcement learning cannot be scaled for robots the way it was for language models, because every attempt spends real robot hours instead of data-centre compute. — tap to centre the map on it Reinforcement learning cannot bescaled for robots the way it was forlanguage models, because everyattempt spends real robot hoursinstead of data-centre compute. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CF Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reinforcement learning only works once a model already knows something, which is why robots must be pre-trained by imitation first. — tap to centre the map on it Reinforcement learning only worksonce a model already knowssomething, which is why robots mustbe pre-trained by imitation first. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines capable of both high-level cognitive tasks and physical dexterity will be produced in large numbers in the relatively near future. — tap to centre the map on it Machines capable of both high-levelcognitive tasks and physicaldexterity will be produced in largenumbers in the relatively nearfuture. Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 YM Yascha Mounk — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Robots will learn from deployment more easily than chatbots do, because a physical mistake is obvious the moment it happens. — tap to centre the map on it Robots will learn from deploymentmore easily than chatbots do,because a physical mistake isobvious the moment it happens. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. — tap to centre the map on it A business, not its AI vendor, bearslegal responsibility when anintegrated AI tool causes harm to acustomer. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People experience the pretend empathy of sociable robots as real Last stated 29 Feb 2012 · 15 years ago Holds Sherry Turkle Read this korrent →