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Read this korrent: Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter.
Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — 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: LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious. — tap to centre the map on it
LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious.
Last stated a year ago
2 Jun 2025
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Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2025-06-02 — 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: Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth. — tap to centre the map on it
Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The best use of an LLM for learning is as a souped-up search engine that points you at the right human-written resource. — tap to centre the map on it
The best use of an LLM for learning is as a souped-up search engine that points you at the right human-written resource.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
EA
Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. — tap to centre the map on it
A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A crewed rocket cannot be made safe by making the booster reliable, so the only real way to improve safety is to carry an escape system. — tap to centre the map on it
A crewed rocket cannot be made safe by making the booster reliable, so the only real way to improve safety is to carry an escape system.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
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Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — 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
NB
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 CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. — tap to centre the map on it
A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
MM
Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
MM
Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
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Proprietary data is not an advantage in training large language models, because no company's holdings are large enough to matter.
Last stated 2 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Benedict Evans
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Same subject: LLMs, Google
Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players.
Last stated 21 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Elad Gil
Same subject: LLMs, Google
LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious.
Last stated 2 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Thomas Ptacek
Same subject: LLMs, Google
New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack.
Last stated 1 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Fred Wilson
Same subject: LLMs, Google
Once a language model reads the results, search can trade precision for recall, because the model does not care that the right link came ninth.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: LLMs, Google
The best use of an LLM for learning is as a souped-up search engine that points you at the right human-written resource.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Same subject: Google
A company that is a genuine climate champion should not need to be forced into climate action.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Emily Atkin
Same subject: Google
A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Thuan Pham
Same subject: Google
A crewed rocket cannot be made safe by making the booster reliable, so the only real way to improve safety is to carry an escape system.
Last stated 14 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Jeff Bezos
Same subject: scaling laws
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: scaling laws
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 26 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Noam Brown
Same subject: scaling laws
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 13 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Dylan Patel
Same subject: AI writing
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Molly Graham
Same subject: AI writing
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Same subject: AI writing
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Carlos Alexandro Becker
Same subject: open source
A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither.
Last stated 26 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Matt Mullenweg
Same subject: open source
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Last stated 31 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Same subject: open source
A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead.
Last stated 26 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Matt Mullenweg