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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 1 Jan 2024 to 26 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about Anthropic .
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benchmarks 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: Studies showing a language model behaving badly prove nothing, because the model was asked to produce that behaviour. Studies showing a language model behaving badly prove nothing, because the model was asked to produce that behaviour. Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being rude to a language model makes it perform worse. — tap to centre the map on it Being rude to a language model makes it perform worse. Last stated 9 months ago
22 Jan 2026
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Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Build for the model six months from now, not the model of today. — tap to centre the map on it Build for the model six months from now, not the model of today. Last stated 8 months ago
25 Feb 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-02-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding agents like Claude Code and Codex do not work well enough to be a net help in writing a codebase like nanochat. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents like Claude Code and Codex do not work well enough to be a net help in writing a codebase like nanochat. Last stated 9 months ago
26 Jan 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-13 — tap for who they are
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Andrej Karpathy — no longer holds since 2026-01-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Feb 2024
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Elad Gil — holds since 2024-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. — tap to centre the map on it New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Jan 2024
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Fred Wilson — holds since 2024-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Practices that make an LLM's work easier to evaluate also tend to benefit the human developers working alongside it. — tap to centre the map on it Practices that make an LLM's work easier to evaluate also tend to benefit the human developers working alongside it. Last stated 9 months ago
27 Jan 2026
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Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-01-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. Last stated 8 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. — tap to centre the map on it A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. — tap to centre the map on it A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CPU and memory crunch is coming. — tap to centre the map on it A CPU and memory crunch is coming. Last stated a week ago
26 Oct 2026
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Dillon Mulroy — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Hire smart people and get out of their way" is bad management advice; leaders should stay closely involved, building trust and working through hard problems with their people to create alignment. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire smart people and get out of their way" is bad management advice; leaders should stay closely involved, building trust and working through hard problems with their people to create alignment. Last stated 4 weeks ago
9 Oct 2026
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Carl Rivera — holds since 2026-10-09 — 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
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
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Studies showing a language model behaving badly prove nothing, because the model was asked to produce that behaviour.
Holds Read this korrent →
Being rude to a language model makes it perform worse.
Holds
Build for the model six months from now, not the model of today.
Holds
Coding agents like Claude Code and Codex do not work well enough to be a net help in writing a codebase like nanochat.
No longer holds
Frontier AI models are consolidating into an oligopoly held by a small number of large players.
Holds
New AI-first applications will emerge in 2024, shifting the focus up the stack.
Holds
Practices that make an LLM's work easier to evaluate also tend to benefit the human developers working alongside it.
Holds
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
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 business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither.
Holds
A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
Holds
A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
A CPU and memory crunch is coming.
Holds
"Hire smart people and get out of their way" is bad management advice; leaders should stay closely involved, building trust and working through hard problems with their people to create alignment.
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