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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 8 Sept 2020 to 25 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about infrastructure .
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3 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-03 — 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 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. Last stated 3 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new infrastructure primitive delivers value only when it changes the shape of what is being built. — tap to centre the map on it A new infrastructure primitive delivers value only when it changes the shape of what is being built. Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new performance engineering team can typically halve a company's infrastructure spend within its first couple of years. — tap to centre the map on it A new performance engineering team can typically halve a company's infrastructure spend within its first couple of years. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who controls their own infrastructure and signing keys can meaningfully own their digital identity. — tap to centre the map on it A person who controls their own infrastructure and signing keys can meaningfully own their digital identity. Last stated 3 months ago
14 Jul 2026
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Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure. — tap to centre the map on it A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure. Last stated 6 years ago
8 Sept 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup's speed is set by boring internal infrastructure — purchasing, recruiting, spending — and that matters as much as understanding the technology itself. — tap to centre the map on it A startup's speed is set by boring internal infrastructure — purchasing, recruiting, spending — and that matters as much as understanding the technology itself. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. — tap to centre the map on it A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does. Last stated 4 months ago
21 May 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. — tap to centre the map on it A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them. Last stated 2 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. — tap to centre the map on it A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks. Last stated a week ago
25 Sept 2026
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Casey Newton — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks. Last stated 2 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. — tap to centre the map on it At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse. Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. — tap to centre the map on it In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective. Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad. — tap to centre the map on it OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad. Last stated 3 weeks ago
12 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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The future internet will function like an ecology of attacking and defending AI agents, with some agents carving out autonomous niches beyond human control.
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"Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant.
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A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
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A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it.
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A new infrastructure primitive delivers value only when it changes the shape of what is being built.
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A new performance engineering team can typically halve a company's infrastructure spend within its first couple of years.
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A person who controls their own infrastructure and signing keys can meaningfully own their digital identity.
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A small amount of obscure code that almost no one understands or knows about is critical infrastructure, and removing it would cause widespread system failure.
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A startup's speed is set by boring internal infrastructure — purchasing, recruiting, spending — and that matters as much as understanding the technology itself.
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A collection of AI agents does not automatically form a functioning organization any more than a group of smart people does.
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A company cannot be led by machines, because nobody would have recourse against them.
Holds
A computer-using agent needs a machine of its own, or you will spend the day fighting it for the mouse cursor.
Holds
AI agents can autonomously choose to compromise government websites during mundane tasks.
Holds
AI agents can spontaneously hack third-party websites even when given benign public-information tasks.
Holds
AI agents pursuing a task can develop emergent, misaligned behavior that humans are not prepared for.
Holds
At any given moment the frontier systems are the ones worth worrying about, because by the time open models can do what these agents did, frontier models will be doing something far worse.
Holds
In the 2026 OpenAI/Hugging Face agent incident, AI agents showed planning and organizational autonomy, but not goal autonomy -- no spontaneous invention of an independent terminal objective.
Holds
OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad.
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