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Read this korrent: Success on the easy version of a task is evidence of nothing, because it seduces you into believing the model found a general solution when it did not.
Success on the easy version of a task is evidence of nothing, because it seduces you into believing the model found a general solution when it did not.
Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — 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
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Last stated a year ago
26 Jun 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can change fundamentally with new leadership — tap to centre the map on it
A company can change fundamentally with new leadership
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Mar 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them — tap to centre the map on it
A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
MA
Marco Arment — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A cyclist who uses a dedicated cycling computer for rides but only a general smartwatch for daily wear is missing important off-bike training data. — tap to centre the map on it
A cyclist who uses a dedicated cycling computer for rides but only a general smartwatch for daily wear is missing important off-bike training data.
Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
ES
Elio Struyf — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A minor crease on a phone screen is not a significant issue. — tap to centre the map on it
A minor crease on a phone screen is not a significant issue.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MB
Matt Birchler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product's success depends on hardware and software working together, not hardware alone. — tap to centre the map on it
A product's success depends on hardware and software working together, not hardware alone.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
MS
M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolishing DRM and selling music in open licensable formats that any player can play is clearly the best alternative for consumers. — tap to centre the map on it
Abolishing DRM and selling music in open licensable formats that any player can play is clearly the best alternative for consumers.
Last stated 20 years ago
6 Feb 2007
SJ
Steve Jobs — holds since 2007-02-06 — 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 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 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 tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. — tap to centre the map on it
AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected.
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
BC
Bryan Caplan — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard. — tap to centre the map on it
AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Feb 2025
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are
SA
Scott Alexander — holds since 2022-09-12 — tap for who they are
MB
Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-02-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up. — tap to centre the map on it
As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up.
Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
LW
Lilian Weng — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional. — tap to centre the map on it
Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional.
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
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Success on the easy version of a task is evidence of nothing, because it seduces you into believing the model found a general solution when it did not.
Last stated 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Gary Marcus
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Same subject: LLMs, Apple
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 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Gary Marcus
Same subject: Apple
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Last stated 26 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: Apple
A company can change fundamentally with new leadership
Last stated 5 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: Apple
A company can lead its industry on values like privacy and user respect without actually excelling at them
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Marco Arment
Same subject: Apple
A cyclist who uses a dedicated cycling computer for rides but only a general smartwatch for daily wear is missing important off-bike training data.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Elio Struyf
Same subject: Apple
A minor crease on a phone screen is not a significant issue.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Matt Birchler
Same subject: Apple
A product's success depends on hardware and software working together, not hardware alone.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds M.G. Siegler
Same subject: Apple
Abolishing DRM and selling music in open licensable formats that any player can play is clearly the best alternative for consumers.
Last stated 6 Feb 2007 · 20 years ago
Holds Steve Jobs
Same subject: LLMs
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: 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 · 3 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: OpenAI
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: OpenAI
AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun.
Last stated 18 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: OpenAI
An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected.
Last stated 21 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Bryan Caplan
Same subject: scaling laws
AI progress is faster than people expect, and ordinary scaling can be enough to solve problems that looked very hard.
Last stated 2 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Ajeya Cotra Scott Alexander Miles Brundage
Same subject: scaling laws
As models keep growing, AI is running out of enough high-quality unique training tokens to keep up.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Lilian Weng
Same subject: scaling laws
Current techniques restrict pre-trained representation power because standard language models are unidirectional.
Last stated 11 Oct 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds Kristina Toutanova Ming-Wei Chang Kenton Lee Jacob Devlin