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← People know who they are only by knowing who they are not, and often whom they are against

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 16 Jan 2015 to 15 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under measuring intelligence measuring intelligence Everything filed under ARC-AGI ARC-AGI Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under social media social media Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People know who they are only by knowing who they are not, and often whom they are against People know who they are only by knowingwho they are not, and often whom they areagainst SH Samuel P. Huntington — holds since c. 1996 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people do not know themselves very well — tap to centre the map on it Most people do not know themselvesvery well YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: We tend to think we know a little more than we actually do — tap to centre the map on it We tend to think we know a littlemore than we actually do NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowing others is discernment and knowing oneself is intelligence; overcoming oneself is mightier than overcoming others — tap to centre the map on it Knowing others is discernment andknowing oneself is intelligence;overcoming oneself is mightier thanovercoming others LA Laozi — holds since c. 450–250 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them. — tap to centre the map on it To understand people unlike us,listening to what they say worksbetter than assuming we know what itis like to be them. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jan 2024 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are demonstrably arrogant about what we think we know — tap to centre the map on it We are demonstrably arrogant aboutwhat we think we know NT Nassim Nicholas Taleb — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans often do the wrong things until they have no choice but to do the right thing — tap to centre the map on it Humans often do the wrong thingsuntil they have no choice but to dothe right thing Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: People want to be the person their bookmarks say they are, not the person their feed reveals they are. — tap to centre the map on it People want to be the person theirbookmarks say they are, not theperson their feed reveals they are. Last stated 8 months ago 14 Mar 2026 SW swyx — holds since 2026-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: We sometimes think we understand a new idea when we have mistaken it for one we already knew. — tap to centre the map on it We sometimes think we understand anew idea when we have mistaken itfor one we already knew. Last stated 9 months ago 2 Feb 2026 RG Rebecca Newberger Goldstein — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A suitably advanced digital computer can acquire general intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it A suitably advanced digital computercan acquire general intelligence. Last stated 12 years ago 16 Jan 2015 SH Sam Harris — holds since 2015-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of measure needs defining,perhaps via a chain of increasinglyhard problems, each pair of which asingle model can solve. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — 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 lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining an avocado and a chair into one image is evidence a model conceptually understands both, not that it memorised pictures of them. — tap to centre the map on it Combining an avocado and a chairinto one image is evidence a modelconceptually understands both, notthat it memorised pictures of them. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CF Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Passing ARC-AGI does not amount to achieving AGI: o3 still fails on some very easy tasks, indicating fundamental differences from human intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it Passing ARC-AGI does not amount toachieving AGI: o3 still fails onsome very easy tasks, indicatingfundamental differences from humanintelligence. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Dec 2024 FC François Chollet — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus can measure human-like general fluid intelligence and enable fair comparisons between AI systems and humans. — tap to centre the map on it The Abstraction and Reasoning Corpuscan measure human-like general fluidintelligence and enable faircomparisons between AI systems andhumans. Last stated 7 years ago 5 Nov 2019 FC François Chollet — holds since 2019-11-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People know who they are only by knowing who they are not, and often whom they are against Last stated c. 1996 Holds Samuel P. Huntington Read this korrent →