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16 Jun 2026
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Brett Williams — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI you have to supervise at 90 percent is not 90 percent task completion: you are still doing the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI you have to supervise at 90 percent is not 90 percent task completion: you are still doing the thing. Last stated 4 weeks ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers. — tap to centre the map on it Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI moved him from spending 95 per cent of his energy on deciding what to do to spending 96 per cent — a 20 per cent improvement that feels like no change at all. — tap to centre the map on it AI moved him from spending 95 per cent of his energy on deciding what to do to spending 96 per cent — a 20 per cent improvement that feels like no change at all. Last stated 4 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Jul 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Consumer AI that is right 90% of the time delights people; industrial AI that is right 90% of the time is 100% dissatisfaction. — tap to centre the map on it Consumer AI that is right 90% of the time delights people; industrial AI that is right 90% of the time is 100% dissatisfaction. Last stated 9 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not make you world-class at a skill, but it takes a near-beginner to roughly the sixtieth or seventieth percentile of it today. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not make you world-class at a skill, but it takes a near-beginner to roughly the sixtieth or seventieth percentile of it today. Last stated a year ago
21 Sept 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most. — tap to centre the map on it This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most. Last stated 6 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail. — tap to centre the map on it The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail. Last stated 16 years ago
17 Sept 2010
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Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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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 not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can 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 body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated 3 weeks ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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 a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected. — tap to centre the map on it An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected. Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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Bryan Caplan — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work. — tap to centre the map on it AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work. Last stated 11 months ago
31 Oct 2025
DH
Dan Houser — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is removing human involvement from entry-level hiring by pitting AI-written job applications against AI-written screening filters. — tap to centre the map on it AI is removing human involvement from entry-level hiring by pitting AI-written job applications against AI-written screening filters. Last stated 3 weeks ago
11 Sept 2026
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Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI systems are not yet a substitute for real, diverse human experts. — tap to centre the map on it AI systems are not yet a substitute for real, diverse human experts. Last stated a year ago
27 Aug 2025
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Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-08-27 — tap for who they are
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The last 20% of building an app with AI is like 80% of the time.
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An AI you have to supervise at 90 percent is not 90 percent task completion: you are still doing the thing.
Holds
Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers.
Holds
AI moved him from spending 95 per cent of his energy on deciding what to do to spending 96 per cent — a 20 per cent improvement that feels like no change at all.
Holds
AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much.
Holds
Consumer AI that is right 90% of the time delights people; industrial AI that is right 90% of the time is 100% dissatisfaction.
Holds
AI will not make you world-class at a skill, but it takes a near-beginner to roughly the sixtieth or seventieth percentile of it today.
Holds
This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most.
Holds
The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
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.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds
AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun.
Holds
An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected.
Holds
AI has done the first ninety per cent of the work of sounding human, and the last five per cent will turn out to be about ninety-five per cent of the work.
Holds
AI is removing human involvement from entry-level hiring by pitting AI-written job applications against AI-written screening filters.
Holds
AI systems are not yet a substitute for real, diverse human experts.
Holds