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← The case for building AGI has always been framed around invention, such as curing cancer or solving fusion energy.
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Read this korrent: The case for building AGI has always been framed around invention, such as curing cancer or solving fusion energy.
The case for building AGI has always been framed around invention, such as curing cancer or solving fusion energy.
Last stated yesterday
7 Sept 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-07 — 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 3 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 9 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 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
Same subject: A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. — tap to centre the map on it
A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI is not a finish line to be crossed but a smear with width, and we are already standing on it. — tap to centre the map on it
AGI is not a finish line to be crossed but a smear with width, and we are already standing on it.
Last stated 5 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI should not be declared until AI is capable of invention, including conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, and new real-world technology. — tap to centre the map on it
AGI should not be declared until AI is capable of invention, including conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, and new real-world technology.
Last stated yesterday
7 Sept 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI worth the name would combine human adaptiveness with machine reliability, not reproduce human performance including human failures. — tap to centre the map on it
AGI worth the name would combine human adaptiveness with machine reliability, not reproduce human performance including human failures.
Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI capabilities are jagged rather than smooth, so the different definitions of human-level AI will be met years apart rather than together. — tap to centre the map on it
AI capabilities are jagged rather than smooth, so the different definitions of human-level AI will be met years apart rather than together.
Last stated 5 months ago
6 Apr 2026
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Helen Toner — holds since 2026-04-06 — 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 from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
CS
Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it
American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation.
Last stated a year ago
6 Apr 2025
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Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both.
Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
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David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Aug 2026
IT
Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar system holding a trillion humans is the right thing to aim at, because a population that size would have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins alive at once. — tap to centre the map on it
A solar system holding a trillion humans is the right thing to aim at, because a population that size would have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins alive at once.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
JB
Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After four more doublings of installed solar capacity, solar electricity will cost about 3 cents per kwh in the sunniest areas and 4.5 cents per kwh in moderately sunny areas. — tap to centre the map on it
After four more doublings of installed solar capacity, solar electricity will cost about 3 cents per kwh in the sunniest areas and 4.5 cents per kwh in moderately sunny areas.
Last stated 6 years ago
14 May 2020
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Ramez Naam — holds since 2015-08-10 — tap for who they are
RN
Ramez Naam — no longer holds since 2020-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it
An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel.
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Sept 2023
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are
MG
Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are
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The case for building AGI has always been framed around invention, such as curing cancer or solving fusion energy.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · yesterday
Holds François Chollet
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Same subject: AGI, energy
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 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds AI Alex Imas
Same subject: AGI
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 25 Nov 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AGI
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 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds GM Gary Marcus
Same subject: AGI
A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds PT Phil Trammell
Same subject: AGI
AGI is not a finish line to be crossed but a smear with width, and we are already standing on it.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: AGI
AGI should not be declared until AI is capable of invention, including conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, and new real-world technology.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · yesterday
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: AGI
AGI worth the name would combine human adaptiveness with machine reliability, not reproduce human performance including human failures.
Last stated 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds GM Gary Marcus
Same subject: AGI
AI capabilities are jagged rather than smooth, so the different definitions of human-level AI will be met years apart rather than together.
Last stated 6 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds HT Helen Toner
Same subject: energy
"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds CS Chris Smaje
Same subject: energy
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds CS Chris Smaje
Same subject: energy
A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
Same subject: nuclear power
American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation.
Last stated 6 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds MH Molson Hart
Same subject: nuclear power
Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both.
Last stated 3 Nov 2008 · 18 years ago
Holds DM David MacKay
Same subject: nuclear power
Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs.
Last stated 15 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds IT Isaiah Taylor
Same subject: solar
A solar system holding a trillion humans is the right thing to aim at, because a population that size would have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins alive at once.
Last stated 14 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds JB Jeff Bezos
Same subject: solar
After four more doublings of installed solar capacity, solar electricity will cost about 3 cents per kwh in the sunniest areas and 4.5 cents per kwh in moderately sunny areas.
Last stated 14 May 2020 · 6 years ago
No longer holds Ramez Naam
Same subject: solar
An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel.
Last stated 5 Sept 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds HR Hannah RitchieMG Michael Grunwald