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← The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.
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Read this korrent: The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.
The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: That a ban creates a black market is not by itself an argument against the ban. — tap to centre the map on it
That a ban creates a black market is not by itself an argument against the ban.
Last stated 3 months ago
13 Jul 2026
CL
Charles Fain Lehman — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People often support banning a book based on assumptions about its content rather than on having read it themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
People often support banning a book based on assumptions about its content rather than on having read it themselves.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
RH
Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Shipping proof is harder to refute than intellectual arguments — tap to centre the map on it
Shipping proof is harder to refute than intellectual arguments
Last stated 3 years ago
21 Dec 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The more an argument asks you to do, the more evidence you should require before doing it. — tap to centre the map on it
The more an argument asks you to do, the more evidence you should require before doing it.
Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
HK
Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it. — tap to centre the map on it
"There is no empirical evidence against my position" is not an argument for it.
Last stated 12 years ago
7 Nov 2014
DL
Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advocates who argue for restricting AI on misuse grounds while privately fearing takeover end up less credible than if they said what they meant. — tap to centre the map on it
Advocates who argue for restricting AI on misuse grounds while privately fearing takeover end up less credible than if they said what they meant.
Last stated a year ago
5 Apr 2025
HT
Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anyone who tells you a contested legal question has one obvious answer is lying to you rather than analysing it. — tap to centre the map on it
Anyone who tells you a contested legal question has one obvious answer is lying to you rather than analysing it.
Last stated 3 years ago
2 Aug 2023
KW
Ken White — holds since 2023-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Free speech must be defended even for repugnant views — tap to centre the map on it
Free speech must be defended even for repugnant views
Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-09-07 — 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 reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the 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 to predict 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 a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves 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 person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives. — tap to centre the map on it
A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Sept 2026
PD
Preshit Deorukhkar — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder. — tap to centre the map on it
A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Aug 2024
MM
Mike Masnick — holds since 2024-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat. — tap to centre the map on it
A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat.
Last stated 3 years ago
27 Jun 2023
KW
Ken White — holds since 2023-06-27 — 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 supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
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 lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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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 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
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