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← The crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 8 May 2017 to 21 Sept 2026.
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AGI 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 crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms The crucial problem is not creating new jobs but creating jobs that humans perform better than algorithms Last stated 9 years ago
8 May 2017
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. Last stated 4 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Performance-critical human contributions will remain an edge case, and in 99% of software a faster algorithm or better data structure does not matter. — tap to centre the map on it Performance-critical human contributions will remain an edge case, and in 99% of software a faster algorithm or better data structure does not matter. Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Sept 2026
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every improvement in computing so far has produced more jobs, not fewer. — tap to centre the map on it Every improvement in computing so far has produced more jobs, not fewer. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Autonomous machines place greater demands on their human operators than non-autonomous machines do. — tap to centre the map on it Autonomous machines place greater demands on their human operators than non-autonomous machines do. Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Sept 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not taking the jobs people wanted; it is taking the jobs nobody wanted and the careers of everyone who is merely average. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not taking the jobs people wanted; it is taking the jobs nobody wanted and the careers of everyone who is merely average. Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Speed and efficiency alone do not make work better. — tap to centre the map on it Speed and efficiency alone do not make work better. Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Sept 2026
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Ann Handley — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is not AI itself that threatens people's jobs, but people who have mastered AI. — tap to centre the map on it It is not AI itself that threatens people's jobs, but people who have mastered AI. Last stated 12 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Jason Evanish — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. — tap to centre the map on it There is essentially no cognitive task humans do where AI improvement is failing to transfer at all. Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Is the page loaded?" was never a real question, and web performance only became measurable once it was broken into the distinct moments a user actually notices. — tap to centre the map on it "Is the page loaded?" was never a real question, and web performance only became measurable once it was broken into the distinct moments a user actually notices. Last stated a month ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Optimize it later" would be safe advice only if every engineer already knew how to avoid the architectural mistakes that no later optimization can remove. — tap to centre the map on it "Optimize it later" would be safe advice only if every engineer already knew how to avoid the architectural mistakes that no later optimization can remove. Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A 300-millisecond response budget is not an achievement but an admission: 300 milliseconds is an eternity in computing, and a product pitching it shows how far the bar has fallen. — tap to centre the map on it A 300-millisecond response budget is not an achievement but an admission: 300 milliseconds is an eternity in computing, and a product pitching it shows how far the bar has fallen. Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. Last stated 10 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are