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Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. That people are good at maths andcoding, which evolution neverselected for, shows human learningis not a complicated evolutionaryprior but something more… IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Programmers fail to recognise how much mathematics their job uses because the mathematics it needs is discrete and school teaches the continuous kind. — tap to centre the map on it Programmers fail to recognisehow much mathematics their jobuses because the mathematicsit needs is discrete and… HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use. — tap to centre the map on it What AI still cannot do inmathematics is buildcumulatively on partialprogress; it is trial, error… TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pre-training is not the process by which humans learn; it sits somewhere between human learning and human evolution. — tap to centre the map on it Pre-training is not theprocess by which humans learn;it sits somewhere betweenhuman learning and human… DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no human analogue to pre-training — neither childhood nor evolution is the same thing as it. — tap to centre the map on it There is no human analogue topre-training — neitherchildhood nor evolution is thesame thing as it. IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Emergent abilities come from generalisation turning compositional, not merely from a training set containing a lot of stuff. — tap to centre the map on it Emergent abilities come fromgeneralisation turningcompositional, not merely froma training set containing a… SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Intelligence is becoming a choice rather than a byproduct of daily work: there will still be smart people, but only those who choose to be. — tap to centre the map on it Intelligence is becoming achoice rather than a byproductof daily work: there willstill be smart people, but… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmeris a burden rather than anadvantage when learning towork with coding agents. LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even with human-like learners, competition will split the AI market into specialised niches rather than hand it to one company. — tap to centre the map on it Even with human-like learners,competition will split the AImarket into specialised nichesrather than hand it to one… IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
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At the centre That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. Holds Ilya Sutskever Read this korrent →