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Read this korrent: 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.
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 2 weeks ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement will increase AI capability very quickly from here. — tap to centre the map on it
Recursive self-improvement will increase AI capability very quickly from here.
Last stated 2 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement. — tap to centre the map on it
The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
6 Sept 2026
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Jakub Pachocki — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it
Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Sept 2026
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement of AI is dangerous. — tap to centre the map on it
Recursive self-improvement of AI is dangerous.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No regulation, a ban on open source included, can prevent self-sovereign AI; more open-weight models may be the better defence. — tap to centre the map on it
No regulation, a ban on open source included, can prevent self-sovereign AI; more open-weight models may be the better defence.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate. — tap to centre the map on it
AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate.
Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The cost of compute is the only intrinsic limit on AI self-replication; every other constraint on agents will have to be built by humans. — tap to centre the map on it
The cost of compute is the only intrinsic limit on AI self-replication; every other constraint on agents will have to be built by humans.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality. — tap to centre the map on it
Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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 2 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 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A foundry is a trust business before it is a technology business: a customer whose wafers yield badly misses its own revenue. — tap to centre the map on it
A foundry is a trust business before it is a technology business: a customer whose wafers yield badly misses its own revenue.
Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated a month ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it
A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
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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 22 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
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Recursive self-improvement will increase AI capability very quickly from here.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Chamath Palihapitiya
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The current speed of AI progress could be sustained all the way into recursive self-improvement.
Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Jakub Pachocki
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Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence.
Last stated 19 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Nathan Lambert
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Recursive self-improvement of AI is dangerous.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Matthew Yglesias
Similar wording
No regulation, a ban on open source included, can prevent self-sovereign AI; more open-weight models may be the better defence.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Similar wording
AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate.
Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Nathan Lambert
Similar wording
The cost of compute is the only intrinsic limit on AI self-replication; every other constraint on agents will have to be built by humans.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Similar wording
Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Same subject: government
A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Lip-Bu Tan
Same subject: government
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Radley Balko
Same subject: government
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Daniel W. Drezner
Same subject: semiconductors
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 30 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jeff Dean
Same subject: semiconductors
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 26 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jensen Huang
Same subject: semiconductors
A foundry is a trust business before it is a technology business: a customer whose wafers yield badly misses its own revenue.
Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Lip-Bu Tan
Same subject: public debt
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated 21 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ray Dalio
Same subject: public debt
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated 21 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ray Dalio
Same subject: public debt
A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases.
Last stated 1 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Olivier Blanchard