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← Technology shapes human behaviour, so technology built without enough thought can have unintended consequences.

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Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Everything filed under measuring intelligence measuring intelligence Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Technology shapes human behaviour, so technology built without enough thought can have unintended consequences. Technology shapes human behaviour, sotechnology built without enough thoughtcan have unintended consequences. Last stated 6 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — 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 slowlyerode human capabilities withoutbeing noticed. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 KA Kris Abdelmessih — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences. — tap to centre the map on it Making a change within a complexsystem tends to produce unforeseenand unintended consequences. Last stated 4 years ago 30 May 2022 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2022-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it Technological determinism is onlybelievable low down the tech tree;higher up we already choose whichpaths not to take. Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because we do not have good alignment technology, we are choosing to build an alien mind with its own values and gamble on it instead of building a tool. — tap to centre the map on it Because we do not have goodalignment technology, we arechoosing to build an alien mind withits own values and gamble on itinstead of building a tool. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Changing people's habits and behaviour is much harder than technologists realise. — tap to centre the map on it Changing people's habits andbehaviour is much harder thantechnologists realise. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: High consequences cannot be what makes work engineering, because most traditional engineering is low-stakes too. — tap to centre the map on it High consequences cannot be whatmakes work engineering, because mosttraditional engineering islow-stakes too. Last stated 6 years ago 18 Jan 2021 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2021-01-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: New technology can be so exciting that the people building it lose focus on its impact on people. — tap to centre the map on it New technology can be so excitingthat the people building it losefocus on its impact on people. Last stated 6 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good technology should make your life better without asking you to spend more time thinking about the technology itself. — tap to centre the map on it Good technology should make yourlife better without asking you tospend more time thinking about thetechnology itself. Last stated 2 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-10-15 — 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 5 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 11 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: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future where Facebook is the global social infrastructure is a future with no refuge from advertising and number crunching. — tap to centre the map on it A future where Facebook is theglobal social infrastructure is afuture with no refuge fromadvertising and number crunching. Last stated 10 years ago 3 Mar 2017 ER Eugen Rochko — holds since 2017-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A unit of measure needs defining, perhaps via a chain of increasingly hard problems, each pair of which a single model can solve. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of measure needs defining,perhaps via a chain of increasinglyhard problems, each pair of which asingle model can solve. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. — tap to centre the map on it AGI research made no progress in itsfirst six decades. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Technology shapes human behaviour, so technology built without enough thought can have unintended consequences. Last stated 12 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago Holds Evan Spiegel Read this korrent →