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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The fundamental premise that everything will be wonderful if we could just all be linked together everywhere, all the time is false The fundamental premise that everythingwill be wonderful if we could just all belinked together everywhere, all the timeis false Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jun 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything people have ever wanted to do with software is now possible. — tap to centre the map on it Everything people have ever wantedto do with software is now possible. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no magic that can change the fundamental fact that if you need all the computing cycles of a computer, you ought to own that computer — tap to centre the map on it There is no magic that can changethe fundamental fact that if youneed all the computing cycles of acomputer, you ought to own thatcomputer Last stated 4 years ago 27 Feb 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-02-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI cannot be both obedient and benevolent simultaneously. — tap to centre the map on it AI cannot be both obedient andbenevolent simultaneously. Last stated a week ago 24 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Perfection is unachievable because every goal involves trade-offs — tap to centre the map on it Perfection is unachievable becauseevery goal involves trade-offs Last stated 4 years ago 17 May 2022 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2022-05-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Programming would be an awful endeavor if all programmers were confined to the same paradigm — tap to centre the map on it Programming would be an awfulendeavor if all programmers wereconfined to the same paradigm Last stated 3 years ago 7 May 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. — tap to centre the map on it Whether anyone can actually doanything about how good the futureis, rather than whether it matters,is the strongest objection toprioritising it. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot be fully certain that any sufficiently complicated system will work as intended in production — tap to centre the map on it You cannot be fully certain that anysufficiently complicated system willwork as intended in production Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ideal of the one-person framework has never been more relevant — tap to centre the map on it The ideal of the one-personframework has never been morerelevant Last stated 2 years ago 7 May 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-05-07 — 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 reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe 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 topredict 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 abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves 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: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users asthough it has stopped shipping isusually widening its market, andgrinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago 23 Mar 2025 RV Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — 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 supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. 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 lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 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 substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. 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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At the centre The fundamental premise that everything will be wonderful if we could just all be linked together everywhere, all the time is false Last stated 2 Jun 2023 · 3 years ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →