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12 Mar 2021
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jul 2026
PS
Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Freedom of thought requires deliberately disconnecting from online content, because a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate you. — tap to centre the map on it Freedom of thought requires deliberately disconnecting from online content, because a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate you. Last stated a year ago
30 Sept 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good — tap to centre the map on it Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good
MA
Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth Last stated 189 years ago
31 Aug 1837
RE
Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage. — tap to centre the map on it AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage. Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
LC
Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mind of the superior person is set on what is right; the mind of the petty person is set on gain — tap to centre the map on it The mind of the superior person is set on what is right; the mind of the petty person is set on gain
CO
Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are
Same subject: The beliefs worth changing are the defended ones, so changing a mind is a siege rather than a conversation. — tap to centre the map on it The beliefs worth changing are the defended ones, so changing a mind is a siege rather than a conversation. Last stated 4 years ago
14 Mar 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The "machine gods" metaphor shrinks rather than expands one's sense of the possible, forcing focus solely on what a godlike AI will do. — tap to centre the map on it The "machine gods" metaphor shrinks rather than expands one's sense of the possible, forcing focus solely on what a godlike AI will do. Last stated 2 weeks ago
22 Sept 2026
HF
Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-09-22 — 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
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 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
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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: 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
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — 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 10 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 3 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
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The mind is a useful tool that has become the master instead of the servant.
Holds Read this korrent →
You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity.
Holds
Freedom of thought requires deliberately disconnecting from online content, because a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate you.
Holds
Since the soul was made to contemplate truth, keeping women from knowledge is as cruel and unjust as keeping them from good
Last stated c. 1694–1697
Holds
Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth
Holds
AI works as a tool that helps create what is in your head, not as the output; when people realize something was created only by AI, they disengage.
Holds
The mind of the superior person is set on what is right; the mind of the petty person is set on gain
Last stated c. 551–479 BCE
Holds
The beliefs worth changing are the defended ones, so changing a mind is a siege rather than a conversation.
Holds
The "machine gods" metaphor shrinks rather than expands one's sense of the possible, forcing focus solely on what a godlike AI will do.
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 startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds
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.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
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.
Holds