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17 connected korrents · 17 moments on record from 7 Sept 2008 to 3 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about privacy .
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data centers 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 dystopia most worth fearing is not runaway AI but an overreaction to AI safety that trades away freedom, privacy and agency for comfort. The dystopia most worth fearing is not runaway AI but an overreaction to AI safety that trades away freedom, privacy and agency for comfort. Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company's terms of service cannot enlarge or shrink your constitutional privacy rights in either direction. — tap to centre the map on it A company's terms of service cannot enlarge or shrink your constitutional privacy rights in either direction. Last stated 9 months ago
16 Dec 2025
OK
Orin Kerr — holds since 2025-12-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A home assistant is only as good as its context, and context comes from sensors placed around the house rather than from a better model. — tap to centre the map on it A home assistant is only as good as its context, and context comes from sensors placed around the house rather than from a better model. Last stated 3 months ago
7 Jun 2026
TF
Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Mar 2024
BC
Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tracing requirement in an encrypted messenger gives up the confidentiality of who sent what, which is the part that protects the sender. — tap to centre the map on it A tracing requirement in an encrypted messenger gives up the confidentiality of who sent what, which is the part that protects the sender. Last stated 5 years ago
1 Aug 2021
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2021-08-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An access mechanism built for the police cannot be limited to the police, so a backdoor weakens the system against every attacker at once. — tap to centre the map on it An access mechanism built for the police cannot be limited to the police, so a backdoor weakens the system against every attacker at once. Last stated 11 years ago
1 Feb 2016
BS
Bruce Schneier — holds since 2016-02-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An app's encryption claims can only be verified with open source and reproducible builds, which WhatsApp has never offered. — tap to centre the map on it An app's encryption claims can only be verified with open source and reproducible builds, which WhatsApp has never offered. Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cloudflare is worth what it is worth because of the trust it bought by giving encryption away, and most leaders cannot defend their principles at all. — tap to centre the map on it Cloudflare is worth what it is worth because of the trust it bought by giving encryption away, and most leaders cannot defend their principles at all. Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
ER
Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon. — tap to centre the map on it Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Dec 2022
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2022-12-07 — 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
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. — tap to centre the map on it A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
ÉT
Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers. — tap to centre the map on it Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Aug 2024
MG
Matthew Green — holds since 2024-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France. — tap to centre the map on it Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France. Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside. — tap to centre the map on it He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside. Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
PD
Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 5 days ago
3 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An open weights model from 2025 with a pentest harness could already escape a sandbox and hack most networks; the surprise says more about the sandbox than the model. — tap to centre the map on it An open weights model from 2025 with a pentest harness could already escape a sandbox and hack most networks; the surprise says more about the sandbox than the model. Last stated 2 months ago
22 Jul 2026
TP
Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. — tap to centre the map on it Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. Last stated 3 years ago
13 Dec 2023
SA
Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are
SA
Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are
At the centre
The dystopia most worth fearing is not runaway AI but an overreaction to AI safety that trades away freedom, privacy and agency for comfort.
Holds Read this korrent →
A company's terms of service cannot enlarge or shrink your constitutional privacy rights in either direction.
Holds OK Orin Kerr
A home assistant is only as good as its context, and context comes from sensors placed around the house rather than from a better model.
Holds TF Tony Fadell
A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one.
Holds BC Brian G. Chow
A tracing requirement in an encrypted messenger gives up the confidentiality of who sent what, which is the part that protects the sender.
Holds MG Matthew Green
An access mechanism built for the police cannot be limited to the police, so a backdoor weakens the system against every attacker at once.
Holds BS Bruce Schneier
An app's encryption claims can only be verified with open source and reproducible builds, which WhatsApp has never offered.
Holds
Cloudflare is worth what it is worth because of the trust it bought by giving encryption away, and most leaders cannot defend their principles at all.
Holds ER Eric Ries
Default cloud backup has quietly put a copy of nearly everyone’s private papers in a few data centres, and that is a surveillance weapon.
Holds MG Matthew Green
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.
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Holds ÉT Émile P. Torres
Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers.
Holds MG Matthew Green
Arresting Pavel Durov was a historic wrong and a gigantic PR mistake that will keep founders from building in France.
Holds LF Lex Fridman
He would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside.
Holds
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
An open weights model from 2025 with a pentest harness could already escape a sandbox and hack most networks; the surprise says more about the sandbox than the model.
Holds
Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it.
No longer holds SA Scott Aaronson