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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The ideology of technological salvation guides AI development The ideology of technological salvationguides AI development Last stated today 2 Oct 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frontier AI models are turning out to be more capable at technical work than expected. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI models are turning outto be more capable at technical workthan expected. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jul 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Open-source and closed frontier AI models will both find lasting places in the market rather than one displacing the other. — tap to centre the map on it Open-source and closed frontier AImodels will both find lasting placesin the market rather than onedisplacing the other. Last stated a week ago 22 Sept 2026 BR Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The West's AI strategy has been deeply shaped by science fiction stories about a post-AGI utopia. — tap to centre the map on it The West's AI strategy has beendeeply shaped by science fictionstories about a post-AGI utopia. Last stated a week ago 24 Sept 2026 DT Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A proposal to pace frontier AIdevelopment is unrealistic andmainly serves political control ofAI. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technologies are not neutral but political, and AI founders' views mix millennialism, eugenics, utopia-seeking, and spreading beyond Earth. — tap to centre the map on it Technologies are not neutral butpolitical, and AI founders' viewsmix millennialism, eugenics,utopia-seeking, and spreading beyondEarth. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI data centres cannot be meaningfully reformed without a fundamental change of course and ideology in the industry. — tap to centre the map on it AI data centres cannot bemeaningfully reformed without afundamental change of course andideology in the industry. Last stated 5 months ago 1 May 2026 KJ Ketan Joshi — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frontier AI models plausibly have some form of consciousness or subjective experience. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI models plausibly havesome form of consciousness orsubjective experience. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frontier AI labs have a strategic incentive to pace their capability releases so society has time to address the overhangs caused by model advancement. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI labs have a strategicincentive to pace their capabilityreleases so society has time toaddress the overhangs caused bymodel advancement. Last stated a week ago 25 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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: 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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'sreasoning shift outside its visibleChain of Thought is dangerous, bothbecause it works and because aleading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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