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22 Sept 2026
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Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The "machine gods" metaphor simplifies AI debate by focusing on a single overwhelming question. — tap to centre the map on it The "machine gods" metaphor simplifies AI debate by focusing on a single overwhelming question. Last stated a week ago
22 Sept 2026
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Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking. — tap to centre the map on it AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking. Last stated a month ago
1 Sept 2026
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Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience. Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jul 2026
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Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No company is anywhere near a single God AI, and no researcher has any reasonable ability to build one. — tap to centre the map on it No company is anywhere near a single God AI, and no researcher has any reasonable ability to build one. 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 should be viewed as a socio-cultural technology rather than a divine entity. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be viewed as a socio-cultural technology rather than a divine entity. Last stated a week ago
22 Sept 2026
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Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be approached as a collaboration between humans and computers, not a forced choice between them. Last stated 3 years ago
6 Feb 2024
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Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. — tap to centre the map on it The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
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Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI alignment is a red herring not worth the effort currently devoted to it. — tap to centre the map on it AI alignment is a red herring not worth the effort currently devoted to it. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Aug 2026
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Matt Webb — holds since 2026-08-08 — 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 10 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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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 3 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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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
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — 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
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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'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. Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 5 days ago
27 Sept 2026
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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 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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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 4 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are