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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 23 Jan 1657 to 15 Oct 2026.
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Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The notion of "alignment" is incoherent because obedience and benevolence are mutually exclusive. — tap to centre the map on it The notion of "alignment" is incoherent because obedience and benevolence are mutually exclusive. Last stated 2 weeks ago
15 Oct 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A revelation is revelation only to the first person and hearsay to everyone else — tap to centre the map on it A revelation is revelation only to the first person and hearsay to everyone else
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1794 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fault lies with church methods and forms that obscure Christ's teachings, not with the teachings themselves — tap to centre the map on it The fault lies with church methods and forms that obscure Christ's teachings, not with the teachings themselves Last stated 121 years ago
22 May 1905
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Nitobe Inazō — holds since 1905-05-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hardly anything in Scripture can be proved contrary to natural reason — tap to centre the map on it Hardly anything in Scripture can be proved contrary to natural reason
BS
Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are
Same subject: God has never communicated with people except through creation and conscience — tap to centre the map on it God has never communicated with people except through creation and conscience
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible Last stated 370 years ago
23 Jan 1657
BP
Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possession of any church — tap to centre the map on it Holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possession of any church Last stated 133 years ago
27 Sept 1893
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Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish — tap to centre the map on it No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish
DH
David Hume — holds since c. 1748 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
BS
Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — 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 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — 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 physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. Last stated 11 months ago
17 Nov 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything precise enough to benchmark is also precise enough to optimize for, and modern RL training increasingly resembles the shape of the benchmarks themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Anything precise enough to benchmark is also precise enough to optimize for, and modern RL training increasingly resembles the shape of the benchmarks themselves. Last stated 7 months ago
16 Apr 2026
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Sayash Kapoor — holds since 2026-04-16 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Revelation aims only at obedience and stands wholly apart from ordinary knowledge, neither serving the other
Last stated c. 1670
Holds Read this korrent →
The notion of "alignment" is incoherent because obedience and benevolence are mutually exclusive.
Holds
A revelation is revelation only to the first person and hearsay to everyone else
Last stated c. 1794
Holds
The fault lies with church methods and forms that obscure Christ's teachings, not with the teachings themselves
Holds
Hardly anything in Scripture can be proved contrary to natural reason
Last stated c. 1670
Holds
God has never communicated with people except through creation and conscience
Last stated c. 1795
Holds
Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible
Holds
Holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possession of any church
Holds
No testimony suffices to establish a miracle unless its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact it seeks to establish
Last stated c. 1748
Holds
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
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
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds
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
A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel.
Holds
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Holds
Anything precise enough to benchmark is also precise enough to optimize for, and modern RL training increasingly resembles the shape of the benchmarks themselves.
Holds