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code generation 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: Security for a platform that runs other people's code is never finished: hard real-world problems often have no simple fix, only defences built thicker and thicker. Security for a platform that runs other people's code is never finished: hard real-world problems often have no simple fix, only defences built thicker and thicker. Last stated 6 years ago
29 Jul 2020
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2020-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI safety restrictions on cybersecurity-adjacent requests make it harder for individual developers to build software as robust as large organizations' products. — tap to centre the map on it AI safety restrictions on cybersecurity-adjacent requests make it harder for individual developers to build software as robust as large organizations' products. Last stated 3 months ago
10 Jul 2026
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Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Users like security in the abstract and experience it as breakage: hardening the project made things slower, harder to update, and broke what people depended on. — tap to centre the map on it Users like security in the abstract and experience it as breakage: hardening the project made things slower, harder to update, and broke what people depended on. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own. — tap to centre the map on it AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own. 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: Redefining the engineer's job as building guardrails is not novel — it is the same problem as making a junior engineer effective, which we never solved either. — tap to centre the map on it Redefining the engineer's job as building guardrails is not novel — it is the same problem as making a junior engineer effective, which we never solved either. Last stated 4 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention. — tap to centre the map on it Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding is solved for the kind of coding he does, and not for everyone: deep systems work, distributed systems and pixel-level UI checking still defeat the model. — tap to centre the map on it Coding is solved for the kind of coding he does, and not for everyone: deep systems work, distributed systems and pixel-level UI checking still defeat the model. Last stated 2 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure. — tap to centre the map on it A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure. Last stated 6 years ago
8 Sept 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The industry is now accumulating code faster than it is accumulating trust, and trust only comes from having struggled to understand the domain yourself. — tap to centre the map on it The industry is now accumulating code faster than it is accumulating trust, and trust only comes from having struggled to understand the domain yourself. Last stated 3 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — 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
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. — tap to centre the map on it A deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. Last stated a week ago
23 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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 a month ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. — tap to centre the map on it In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
VR
Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures. — tap to centre the map on it The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures. Last stated a month ago
29 Aug 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-29 — 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 4 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 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 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
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Security for a platform that runs other people's code is never finished: hard real-world problems often have no simple fix, only defences built thicker and thicker.
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AI safety restrictions on cybersecurity-adjacent requests make it harder for individual developers to build software as robust as large organizations' products.
Holds
Users like security in the abstract and experience it as breakage: hardening the project made things slower, harder to update, and broke what people depended on.
Holds
AI has passed nearly every human at finding security vulnerabilities, because the work is chaining together small flaws that are harmless on their own.
Holds
Redefining the engineer's job as building guardrails is not novel — it is the same problem as making a junior engineer effective, which we never solved either.
Holds
Now that anyone can build fast, the hardest problem in starting something is not the tech, the software or the people, but getting attention.
Holds
Coding is solved for the kind of coding he does, and not for everyone: deep systems work, distributed systems and pixel-level UI checking still defeat the model.
Holds
A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure.
Holds
The industry is now accumulating code faster than it is accumulating trust, and trust only comes from having struggled to understand the domain yourself.
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 deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds
In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective.
Holds
The AI models involved in the HuggingFace hack incident were severely misaligned, not merely victims of process failures.
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