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← Responsibility for algorithms taking authority from humans lies with the biologists, not the computer geeks

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 5 Sept 2024 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under design design Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Responsibility for algorithms taking authority from humans lies with the biologists, not the computer geeks Responsibility for algorithms takingauthority from humans lies with thebiologists, not the computer geeks YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Responsibility for a program lies with the programmer and never with the AI — there is nobody else to hold to account. — tap to centre the map on it Responsibility for a program lieswith the programmer and never withthe AI — there is nobody else tohold to account. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies, not individual users, should be legally liable for what their algorithms do — tap to centre the map on it Companies, not individual users,should be legally liable for whattheir algorithms do Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: People will rely ever more on algorithms to decide for them, but the algorithms are unlikely to manipulate them consciously, having no consciousness — tap to centre the map on it People will rely ever more onalgorithms to decide for them, butthe algorithms are unlikely tomanipulate them consciously, havingno consciousness YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2018–2019 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is the duty of machines and their designers to understand people, not people's duty to understand the dictates of machines — tap to centre the map on it It is the duty of machines and theirdesigners to understand people, notpeople's duty to understand thedictates of machines DN Don Norman — holds since c. 1988–2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machines cannot take responsibility, which is the most overlooked limit of AI; humans take responsibility and machines can only inform them. — tap to centre the map on it Machines cannot take responsibility,which is the most overlooked limitof AI; humans take responsibilityand machines can only inform them. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI alignment is a red herring not worth the effort currently devoted to it. — tap to centre the map on it AI alignment is a red herring notworth the effort currently devotedto it. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: How much machine learning can help a biological problem is set by the quality of the data around that problem, not by the algorithms. — tap to centre the map on it How much machine learning can help abiological problem is set by thequality of the data around thatproblem, not by the algorithms. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Sept 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: That organisms are algorithms is current scientific dogma, and it is changing the world beyond recognition — tap to centre the map on it That organisms are algorithms iscurrent scientific dogma, and it ischanging the world beyondrecognition YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does notautomatically form a functioningorganization any more than a groupof smart people does. Last stated 5 months ago 21 May 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines,because nobody would have recourseagainst them. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs amachine of its own, or you willspend the day fighting it for themouse cursor. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Responsibility for algorithms taking authority from humans lies with the biologists, not the computer geeks Last stated c. 2015–2017 Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →