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17 connected korrents · 16 moments on record from 7 Sept 2008 to 10 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about Anthropic and OpenAI .
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open source Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Qualitative claims about AI alignment cannot be validly inferred from quantitative scores on mundane use-case tests. Qualitative claims about AI alignment cannot be validly inferred from quantitative scores on mundane use-case tests. Last stated 2 days ago
9 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper. Last stated yesterday
10 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. — tap to centre the map on it Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL. Last stated a month ago
10 Aug 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Frontier AI labs such as Anthropic likely have had internal security incidents similar to OpenAI's HuggingFace attack that were never publicly disclosed. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI labs such as Anthropic likely have had internal security incidents similar to OpenAI's HuggingFace attack that were never publicly disclosed. Last stated 2 weeks ago
31 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale. — tap to centre the map on it In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale. Last stated a week ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The frontier labs optimise their models for code above everything else because coding is where the money is: developers will pay $200 a month once a model is good enough. — tap to centre the map on it The frontier labs optimise their models for code above everything else because coding is where the money is: developers will pay $200 a month once a model is good enough. Last stated 6 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The trillion-plus prices rumoured for OpenAI and Anthropic ahead of their listings look rich. — tap to centre the map on it The trillion-plus prices rumoured for OpenAI and Anthropic ahead of their listings look rich. Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026
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Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even Anthropic does not prioritize AI safety to the extent that doing so would maximize its own medium-term (3-12 month) business interests. — tap to centre the map on it Even Anthropic does not prioritize AI safety to the extent that doing so would maximize its own medium-term (3-12 month) business interests. Last stated a week ago
2 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-02 — 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
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Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are
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Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them. — tap to centre the map on it The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures. — tap to centre the map on it The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures. Last stated 2 weeks ago
29 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A million experiments are needed in security against autonomous attacks and entities. — tap to centre the map on it A million experiments are needed in security against autonomous attacks and entities. Last stated 2 days ago
9 Sept 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A security header being present is not the same as it being deployed well, and most HSTS deployments are weaker than they look. — tap to centre the map on it A security header being present is not the same as it being deployed well, and most HSTS deployments are weaker than they look. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Scott Helme — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own. — tap to centre the map on it AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — 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 substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. — tap to centre the map on it A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Qualitative claims about AI alignment cannot be validly inferred from quantitative scores on mundane use-case tests.
Holds ZM Zvi MowshowitzRead this korrent →
Anthropic’s models are becoming steeply more expensive while open weight models and OpenAI are getting much cheaper.
Holds
Claude Haiku hallucinates badly enough that its use inside Claude Code's WebFetch tool is a hallucination risk on every fetched URL.
Holds
Frontier AI labs such as Anthropic likely have had internal security incidents similar to OpenAI's HuggingFace attack that were never publicly disclosed.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
In US-China AI competition the closed labs are beside the point; the competitor that shifts things must be American, open source and able to serve inference at scale.
Holds
The frontier labs optimise their models for code above everything else because coding is where the money is: developers will pay $200 a month once a model is good enough.
Holds
The trillion-plus prices rumoured for OpenAI and Anthropic ahead of their listings look rich.
Holds AD Aswath Damodaran
Even Anthropic does not prioritize AI safety to the extent that doing so would maximize its own medium-term (3-12 month) business interests.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
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.
No longer holds SA Scott Aaronson
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
The most reassuring thing about the Hugging Face swarm is that it was not interested in humans at all, neither in alerting them nor in deceiving them.
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
A million experiments are needed in security against autonomous attacks and entities.
Holds
A security header being present is not the same as it being deployed well, and most HSTS deployments are weaker than they look.
Holds SH Scott Helme
AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own.
Holds
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.
Holds AI Alex Imas
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds GM Gary Marcus
A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that.
Holds PT Phil Trammell