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Read this korrent: Relying on AI assistance to do a task reduces a person's performance and persistence, and denies them the muscle memory and deep understanding that comes from working through it by hand.
Relying on AI assistance to do a task reduces a person's performance and persistence, and denies them the muscle memory and deep understanding that comes from working through it by hand.
Last stated 6 months ago
16 Apr 2026
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Kyle Kingsbury — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can hand you the end result of a skill without the attentive practice that used to build it. — tap to centre the map on it
AI can hand you the end result of a skill without the attentive practice that used to build it.
Last stated 3 months ago
5 Jul 2026
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Jason Liu — holds since 2026-07-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker. — tap to centre the map on it
Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker.
Last stated 7 months ago
3 Mar 2026
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer. — tap to centre the map on it
AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer.
Last stated 12 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge. — tap to centre the map on it
AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Heavy AI use erodes understanding first and judgement second: cognitive debt turns into cognitive surrender, where the model's answer simply becomes your answer. — tap to centre the map on it
Heavy AI use erodes understanding first and judgement second: cognitive debt turns into cognitive surrender, where the model's answer simply becomes your answer.
Last stated a month ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. — tap to centre the map on it
There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all.
Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You cannot learn from work you did not do yourself. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot learn from work you did not do yourself.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Jul 2026
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The knowledge a model soaks up in pre-training is holding it back; what we actually want is the intelligence with the knowledge stripped out. — tap to centre the map on it
The knowledge a model soaks up in pre-training is holding it back; what we actually want is the intelligence with the knowledge stripped out.
Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it.
Last stated 11 months ago
22 Oct 2025
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Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Oct 2022
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Austin Kleon — holds since 2022-10-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
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John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated content can lack a distinct voice and genuine opinions. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated content can lack a distinct voice and genuine opinions.
Last stated a week ago
22 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated writing is already fairly good but still lacks the direction and insight of human editors. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated writing is already fairly good but still lacks the direction and insight of human editors.
Last stated 3 years ago
6 Feb 2024
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Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it
A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about.
Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good. — tap to centre the map on it
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good.
Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office. — tap to centre the map on it
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office.
Last stated 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
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Relying on AI assistance to do a task reduces a person's performance and persistence, and denies them the muscle memory and deep understanding that comes from working through it by hand.
Last stated 16 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
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AI can hand you the end result of a skill without the attentive practice that used to build it.
Last stated 5 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Jason Liu
Similar wording
Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker.
Last stated 3 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young Derek Sivers
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AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer.
Last stated 16 Oct 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Dylan Field
Similar wording
AI helps exactly as far as the work is predictable and well documented, and stops helping on anything cutting edge.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Similar wording
Heavy AI use erodes understanding first and judgement second: cognitive debt turns into cognitive surrender, where the model's answer simply becomes your answer.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Addy Osmani
Similar wording
There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ryan Greenblatt
Similar wording
You cannot learn from work you did not do yourself.
Last stated 22 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Scott H. Young
Similar wording
The knowledge a model soaks up in pre-training is holding it back; what we actually want is the intelligence with the knowledge stripped out.
Last stated 17 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: writing
A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it.
Last stated 22 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Anil Dash
Same subject: writing
A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written.
Last stated 12 Oct 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Austin Kleon
Same subject: writing
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 6 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds George Saunders
Same subject: AI writing
AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds John Scalzi
Same subject: AI writing
AI-generated content can lack a distinct voice and genuine opinions.
Last stated 22 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: AI writing
AI-generated writing is already fairly good but still lacks the direction and insight of human editors.
Last stated 6 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Steve Coast
Same subject: AI and jobs
A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Steve Yegge
Same subject: AI and jobs
A productivity improvement means fewer people doing the same job, and that should be said plainly by the people defending it as good.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: AI and jobs
A universal basic income is a dangerous power-sharing arrangement, because it puts everyone's basic needs at the mercy of whoever holds office.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Alex Imas