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Read this korrent: The fundamental skill of using AI well is stating a problem with enough context that it is solvable without any further information.
The fundamental skill of using AI well is stating a problem with enough context that it is solvable without any further information.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Context engineering has stayed relevant for a year because it is grounded in how transformer attention works, and it will matter to anyone building on AI until post-transformer models arrive. — tap to centre the map on it
Context engineering has stayed relevant for a year because it is grounded in how transformer attention works, and it will matter to anyone building on AI until post-transformer models arrive.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Using an AI tool well is something you have to learn, exactly as it was with object orientation; a bad first impression proves nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
Using an AI tool well is something you have to learn, exactly as it was with object orientation; a bad first impression proves nothing.
Last stated 7 months ago
7 Apr 2026
MF
Martin Fowler — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability. — tap to centre the map on it
The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability.
Last stated 3 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Tiago Forte — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI needs the same coaching, context and onboarding as a human employee. — tap to centre the map on it
AI needs the same coaching, context and onboarding as a human employee.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The scarce skill is now context switching across parallel agents, not sustained deep work. — tap to centre the map on it
The scarce skill is now context switching across parallel agents, not sustained deep work.
Last stated 8 months ago
4 Mar 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time. — tap to centre the map on it
Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 Jul 2026
MC
Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Preparing context for a language model plays the same role that feature engineering played for classical machine learning models. — tap to centre the map on it
Preparing context for a language model plays the same role that feature engineering played for classical machine learning models.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Jul 2024
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2024-07-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models need to arrive with the context of someone who has worked inside an organisation for years, not a blank slate. — tap to centre the map on it
AI models need to arrive with the context of someone who has worked inside an organisation for years, not a blank slate.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jun 2025
JK
Jared Kaplan — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Last stated 2 days ago
21 Oct 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it
Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
NB
Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it
A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
DP
Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
GS
Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
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The fundamental skill of using AI well is stating a problem with enough context that it is solvable without any further information.
Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
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Context engineering has stayed relevant for a year because it is grounded in how transformer attention works, and it will matter to anyone building on AI until post-transformer models arrive.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dex Horthy
Similar wording
Using an AI tool well is something you have to learn, exactly as it was with object orientation; a bad first impression proves nothing.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Martin Fowler
Similar wording
The quality of the context given to an AI matters more than the model's inherent capability.
Last stated 9 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Tiago Forte
Similar wording
AI needs the same coaching, context and onboarding as a human employee.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Molly Graham
Similar wording
The scarce skill is now context switching across parallel agents, not sustained deep work.
Last stated 4 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Similar wording
Knowing when to use AI tools for execution and when to go deep on the thinking work is a skill, and quality and polish do not have to take all of a designer's time.
Last stated 8 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Meaghan Choi
Similar wording
Preparing context for a language model plays the same role that feature engineering played for classical machine learning models.
Last stated 25 Jul 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Chip Huyen
Similar wording
AI models need to arrive with the context of someone who has worked inside an organisation for years, not a blank slate.
Last stated 16 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Jared Kaplan
Same subject: OpenAI
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Last stated 21 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: OpenAI
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Last stated 18 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: OpenAI
Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers.
Last stated 18 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: scaling laws
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: scaling laws
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Last stated 26 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Noam Brown
Same subject: scaling laws
A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
Last stated 13 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Dylan Patel
Same subject: AI writing
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Molly Graham
Same subject: AI writing
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Same subject: AI writing
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Carlos Alexandro Becker