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← Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 28 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse Superstition is a great enemy ofhumankind, but bigotry is worse Last stated 133 years ago 19 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sectarianism, bigotry and fanaticism have filled the earth with violence and held human society back — tap to centre the map on it Sectarianism, bigotry and fanaticismhave filled the earth with violenceand held human society back Last stated 133 years ago 11 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is a mistake, made even by many who think themselves wise, to believe the world holds more evil than good — tap to centre the map on it It is a mistake, made even by manywho think themselves wise, tobelieve the world holds more evilthan good MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Considering the creation of a successor species to humanity makes one an enemy of all present and future humans. — tap to centre the map on it Considering the creation of asuccessor species to humanity makesone an enemy of all present andfuture humans. Last stated 5 days ago 28 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of Satanic symbolism in policymakers predicts poor judgment on Middle East policy. — tap to centre the map on it Fear of Satanic symbolism inpolicymakers predicts poor judgmenton Middle East policy. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Historical Christianity dwells with harmful exaggeration on the person of Jesus; the soul knows no persons — tap to centre the map on it Historical Christianity dwells withharmful exaggeration on the personof Jesus; the soul knows no persons Last stated 188 years ago 15 Jul 1838 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1838-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: No wild beast is more harmful to a human being than another human being — tap to centre the map on it No wild beast is more harmful to ahuman being than another human being DE Desiderius Erasmus — holds since c. 1513–1515 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are hard-wired to be of weak principles and strong tribal allegiance — tap to centre the map on it Humans are hard-wired to be of weakprinciples and strong tribalallegiance Last stated 5 years ago 4 Mar 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-03-04 — 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 supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. 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 lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS 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 substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — 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 reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 BS 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 topredict 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 abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves 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: 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 isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 9 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 notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan 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 child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse Last stated 19 Sept 1893 · 133 years ago Holds Swami Vivekananda Read this korrent →