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← Society may evolve such that those who rely on human perception for writing are left behind in the marketplace.
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Read this korrent: Society may evolve such that those who rely on human perception for writing are left behind in the marketplace.
Society may evolve such that those who rely on human perception for writing are left behind in the marketplace.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Sept 2026
JW
John Warner — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Within a couple of decades there will not be many people who can write, because AI has removed the pressure to learn. — tap to centre the map on it
Within a couple of decades there will not be many people who can write, because AI has removed the pressure to learn.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Oct 2024
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks. — tap to centre the map on it
Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.
Last stated 5 months ago
28 May 2026
JF
Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dependence on technology may slowly erode human capabilities without being noticed. — tap to centre the map on it
Dependence on technology may slowly erode human capabilities without being noticed.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
KA
Kris Abdelmessih — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. — tap to centre the map on it
Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before.
Last stated 4 months ago
28 Jun 2026
EP
Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help — tap to centre the map on it
Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help
Last stated 72 years ago
10 Dec 1954
EH
Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Machine-generated writing raises rather than lowers the bar for people: once a machine can produce a competent summary, there is no value in a person producing one. — tap to centre the map on it
Machine-generated writing raises rather than lowers the bar for people: once a machine can produce a competent summary, there is no value in a person producing one.
Last stated 4 years ago
31 Dec 2022
MA
Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Over time the allocation of humans to tasks will evolve so that more humans become more productive, not less. — tap to centre the map on it
Over time the allocation of humans to tasks will evolve so that more humans become more productive, not less.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI changes programming, people's taste and creative ideas will be magnified and boilerplate text editing will matter less. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI changes programming, people's taste and creative ideas will be magnified and boilerplate text editing will matter less.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Oct 2024
MT
Michael Truell — holds since 2024-10-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it
A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about.
Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
SY
Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks. — tap to centre the map on it
A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks.
Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jul 2026
JD
Jerusalem Demsas — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it
A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover.
Last stated 10 months ago
11 Jan 2026
JP
Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — 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 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
JL
Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 3 months ago
13 Aug 2026
MH
Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — 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 4 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 for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans 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 briefcase of context, carried from one tool to the next, will replace re-teaching intent in each tool. — tap to centre the map on it
A briefcase of context, carried from one tool to the next, will replace re-teaching intent in each tool.
Last stated 5 months ago
19 May 2026
TG
Tommy Geoco — holds since 2026-05-19 — tap for who they are
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Society may evolve such that those who rely on human perception for writing are left behind in the marketplace.
Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds John Warner
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Within a couple of decades there will not be many people who can write, because AI has removed the pressure to learn.
Last stated 1 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Paul Graham
Similar wording
Good writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.
Last stated 28 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Jacob Falkovich
Similar wording
Dependence on technology may slowly erode human capabilities without being noticed.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Kris Abdelmessih
Similar wording
Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before.
Last stated 28 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Similar wording
Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help
Last stated 10 Dec 1954 · 72 years ago
Holds Ernest Hemingway
Similar wording
Machine-generated writing raises rather than lowers the bar for people: once a machine can produce a competent summary, there is no value in a person producing one.
Last stated 31 Dec 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Maggie Appleton
Similar wording
Over time the allocation of humans to tasks will evolve so that more humans become more productive, not less.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Tyler Cowen
Similar wording
As AI changes programming, people's taste and creative ideas will be magnified and boilerplate text editing will matter less.
Last stated 6 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Michael Truell
Same subject: AI and jobs
A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Steve Yegge
Same subject: AI and jobs
A home is an asset that is likely to perform poorly exactly when a person needs it most due to its correlation with local labor market shocks.
Last stated 30 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Jerusalem Demsas
Same subject: AI and jobs
A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover.
Last stated 11 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago
Holds Joseph Politano
Same subject: AI slop
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: AI slop
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: AI slop
A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged.
Last stated 13 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Mitchell Hashimoto
Same subject: LLMs
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 15 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Dex Horthy
Same subject: LLMs
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.
Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Patrick Collison
Same subject: LLMs
A briefcase of context, carried from one tool to the next, will replace re-teaching intent in each tool.
Last stated 19 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Tommy Geoco