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Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under management management Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. Scientific progress in biology is notslowing down. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Aug 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it The stock of useful scientificknowledge is bounded rather thanendless. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jun 2020 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The point is not to cure diseases but to build the tools with which the whole scientific field cures them. — tap to centre the map on it The point is not to cure diseasesbut to build the tools with whichthe whole scientific field curesthem. Last stated 4 months ago 10 Jun 2026 MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress did not slowdown from 1970 to the present,compared with its pre-1970 speed Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is human nature to overinterpret evidence, and the hardest part of science is not doing so. — tap to centre the map on it It is human nature to overinterpretevidence, and the hardest part ofscience is not doing so. Last stated 11 months ago 30 Nov 2025 GT Gary Taubes — holds since 2025-11-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Numbers offer a false precision:which metrics you choose to look at,and whether a five percent rise isgood, are both art rather thanscience. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend itsresearchers harvesting results outof today's models; the payoff is inbuilding the next one. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The rising level of public concern about AI extinction risk is overblown relative to how progress will actually unfold. — tap to centre the map on it The rising level of public concernabout AI extinction risk isoverblown relative to how progresswill actually unfold. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral understanding is not improving as science is, and people should stop being wolves to one another — tap to centre the map on it Moral understanding is not improvingas science is, and people shouldstop being wolves to one another Last stated 247 years ago 8 Feb 1780 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1780-02-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 3 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it AI represents the largest change tosociety in a very long time, perhapsever. Last stated 6 months ago 10 Apr 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. Last stated 15 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Alexey Guzey Read this korrent →