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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 4 Jan 2023 to 20 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about housing .
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government 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: The absence of autonomous drone-built housing on Earth is evidence that claims about robot-built space habitats are overhyped. The absence of autonomous drone-built housing on Earth is evidence that claims about robot-built space habitats are overhyped. Last stated 2 months ago
20 Sept 2026
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Terence Eden — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. — tap to centre the map on it A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign. Last stated 3 years ago
2 Apr 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lack of AI is not contributing to the housing crisis. — tap to centre the map on it A lack of AI is not contributing to the housing crisis. Last stated 11 months ago
16 Dec 2025
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Ken Jennings — holds since 2025-12-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. — tap to centre the map on it Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices. Last stated 4 years ago
4 Jan 2023
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Daniel Herriges — holds since 2023-01-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Australia's housing shortage comes from bringing in more people each year than it builds homes for. — tap to centre the map on it Australia's housing shortage comes from bringing in more people each year than it builds homes for. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Matt Canavan — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: British councils are often careless about maintaining high-rise housing and ignore fire warnings. — tap to centre the map on it British councils are often careless about maintaining high-rise housing and ignore fire warnings. Last stated 12 months ago
9 Nov 2025
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Charles Saumarez Smith — holds since 2025-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. — tap to centre the map on it Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand. Last stated 2 years ago
29 May 2024
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Daniel Herriges — holds since 2024-05-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building materials are already about as cheap as civilisation knows how to make them, so cheaper materials are not where housing savings will come from. — tap to centre the map on it Building materials are already about as cheap as civilisation knows how to make them, so cheaper materials are not where housing savings will come from. Last stated 3 years ago
2 Apr 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for. — tap to centre the map on it Building more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for. Last stated 3 years ago
19 May 2023
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-05-01 — tap for who they are
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Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2023-05-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas. — tap to centre the map on it A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Oct 2023
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2023-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it. — tap to centre the map on it A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases. — tap to centre the map on it A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases. Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: China already installs several times more industrial robots a year than the United States does, and cheaper ones. — tap to centre the map on it China already installs several times more industrial robots a year than the United States does, and cheaper ones. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer. — tap to centre the map on it China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Industrial robots are not the fix for American manufacturing, and betting on automation misreads why production sits elsewhere. — tap to centre the map on it Industrial robots are not the fix for American manufacturing, and betting on automation misreads why production sits elsewhere. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One pre-trained robot model now matches or beats the specialists that were fine-tuned with reinforcement learning for the very tasks they were built for. — tap to centre the map on it One pre-trained robot model now matches or beats the specialists that were fine-tuned with reinforcement learning for the very tasks they were built for. Last stated 3 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reinforcement learning cannot be scaled for robots the way it was for language models, because every attempt spends real robot hours instead of data-centre compute. — tap to centre the map on it Reinforcement learning cannot be scaled for robots the way it was for language models, because every attempt spends real robot hours instead of data-centre compute. Last stated 3 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reinforcement learning only works once a model already knows something, which is why robots must be pre-trained by imitation first. — tap to centre the map on it Reinforcement learning only works once a model already knows something, which is why robots must be pre-trained by imitation first. Last stated a year ago
12 Sept 2025
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Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
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The absence of autonomous drone-built housing on Earth is evidence that claims about robot-built space habitats are overhyped.
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A house is built by trades that barely coordinate with each other, which is what makes housing cheap to design and almost impossible to redesign.
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A lack of AI is not contributing to the housing crisis.
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Affordability is not a property of a building; it is a price set in a transaction, so there is no such thing as affordable housing, only affordable prices.
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Australia's housing shortage comes from bringing in more people each year than it builds homes for.
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British councils are often careless about maintaining high-rise housing and ignore fire warnings.
Holds
Building a lot of housing in an expensive city will not lower rents there; it lowers them in the cheaper places that were absorbing its spillover demand.
Holds
Building materials are already about as cheap as civilisation knows how to make them, so cheaper materials are not where housing savings will come from.
Holds
Building more housing in a city raises its local prices, because density is what people are moving there for.
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A highly dynamic economy that cheaply mass-produces robots may increase rather than decrease the risk of Malthusian resource dilemmas.
Holds
A humanoid robot is the wrong tool on a factory floor, because a machine specialised in the task beats it.
Holds
A physical AI agent has to be safe on day one, because you cannot ship something merely good enough and let users find the edge cases.
Holds
China already installs several times more industrial robots a year than the United States does, and cheaper ones.
Holds
China installs more robots than America because it has a surplus of underemployed engineers, not because robots are self-evidently the right answer.
Holds
Industrial robots are not the fix for American manufacturing, and betting on automation misreads why production sits elsewhere.
Holds
One pre-trained robot model now matches or beats the specialists that were fine-tuned with reinforcement learning for the very tasks they were built for.
Holds
Reinforcement learning cannot be scaled for robots the way it was for language models, because every attempt spends real robot hours instead of data-centre compute.
Holds
Reinforcement learning only works once a model already knows something, which is why robots must be pre-trained by imitation first.
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