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neural networks 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: Saying that training is everything in reaching elite performance is tempting but wrong; genes and environment both matter. Saying that training is everything in reaching elite performance is tempting but wrong; genes and environment both matter. Last stated 10 years ago
28 Sept 2016
MK
Maria Konnikova — holds since 2016-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Talent needs the right environment and opportunity to flourish; genes alone do not make a genius. — tap to centre the map on it Talent needs the right environment and opportunity to flourish; genes alone do not make a genius. Last stated 10 years ago
28 Sept 2016
MK
Maria Konnikova — holds since 2016-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution. — tap to centre the map on it Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Feb 2026
DA
Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Elite programmes stay with tests that cannot separate the best candidates because doing so is a stealthy move in a wider war against merit. — tap to centre the map on it Elite programmes stay with tests that cannot separate the best candidates because doing so is a stealthy move in a wider war against merit. Last stated a year ago
15 Apr 2025
BC
Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-04-15 — 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 a biological problem is set by the quality of the data around that problem, not by the algorithms. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Sept 2024
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Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Solely measuring skill at any given task falls short of measuring intelligence, because skill is heavily modulated by prior knowledge and experience. — tap to centre the map on it Solely measuring skill at any given task falls short of measuring intelligence, because skill is heavily modulated by prior knowledge and experience. Last stated 7 years ago
5 Nov 2019
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2019-11-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The race between AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is a choice they made, not an inevitable law of nature, and it is a race everyone loses. — tap to centre the map on it The race between AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is a choice they made, not an inevitable law of nature, and it is a race everyone loses. Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
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Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent. — tap to centre the map on it We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent. Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no human analogue to pre-training — neither childhood nor evolution is the same thing as it. — tap to centre the map on it There is no human analogue to pre-training — neither childhood nor evolution is the same thing as it. Last stated 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 9 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 not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can 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 child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
FL
Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Sept 2026
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. — tap to centre the map on it A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. Last stated 3 years ago
19 Dec 2023
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — 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 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
TP
Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep bidirectional model is strictly more powerful than a left-to-right model or a shallow concatenation of unidirectional models. — tap to centre the map on it A deep bidirectional model is strictly more powerful than a left-to-right model or a shallow concatenation of unidirectional models. Last stated 8 years ago
11 Oct 2018
KT
Kristina Toutanova — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
MC
Ming-Wei Chang — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
KL
Kenton Lee — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
JD
Jacob Devlin — holds since 2018-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A layer should learn a residual with reference to its own input rather than an unreferenced function, which is what makes great depth trainable. — tap to centre the map on it A layer should learn a residual with reference to its own input rather than an unreferenced function, which is what makes great depth trainable. Last stated 11 years ago
10 Dec 2015
JS
Jian Sun — holds since 2015-12-10 — tap for who they are
KH
Kaiming He — holds since 2015-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression. — tap to centre the map on it A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression. Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
KK
Kevin Kelly — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Saying that training is everything in reaching elite performance is tempting but wrong; genes and environment both matter.
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Talent needs the right environment and opportunity to flourish; genes alone do not make a genius.
Holds
Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution.
Holds
Elite programmes stay with tests that cannot separate the best candidates because doing so is a stealthy move in a wider war against merit.
Holds
How much machine learning can help a biological problem is set by the quality of the data around that problem, not by the algorithms.
Holds
Solely measuring skill at any given task falls short of measuring intelligence, because skill is heavily modulated by prior knowledge and experience.
Holds
The race between AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is a choice they made, not an inevitable law of nature, and it is a race everyone loses.
Holds
We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent.
Holds
There is no human analogue to pre-training — neither childhood nor evolution is the same thing as it.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
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.
Holds
A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old.
Holds
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.
Holds
A deep bidirectional model is strictly more powerful than a left-to-right model or a shallow concatenation of unidirectional models.
Holds
A layer should learn a residual with reference to its own input rather than an unreferenced function, which is what makes great depth trainable.
Holds
A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression.
Holds