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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 27 Apr 2002 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under government government Everything filed under Google Google Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The patent system is broken, even if its original theory makes sense. The patent system is broken, even if itsoriginal theory makes sense. Last stated 15 years ago 1 May 2012 JG James Gosling — holds since 2012-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The patent system is broken, and the patent office is financially rewarded for keeping it broken. — tap to centre the map on it The patent system is broken, and thepatent office is financiallyrewarded for keeping it broken. Last stated 25 years ago by 27 Apr 2002 SB Sean Barrett — holds since 2002-04-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The patent system rewards novel chemical matter and not novel biology, so nobody is paid for validating a new drug target. — tap to centre the map on it The patent system rewards novelchemical matter and not novelbiology, so nobody is paid forvalidating a new drug target. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: In Oracle v. Google, Oracle was in the right: Google wronged Sun over Java. — tap to centre the map on it In Oracle v. Google, Oracle was inthe right: Google wronged Sun overJava. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Apr 2012 JG James Gosling — holds since 2012-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: If APIs can be copyrighted, a 'copyright troll' industry could emerge that harms developers everywhere. — tap to centre the map on it If APIs can be copyrighted, a'copyright troll' industry couldemerge that harms developerseverywhere. Last stated 15 years ago 1 May 2012 JG James Gosling — holds since 2012-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hypotheses AI 'co-scientist' systems are producing are ones the literature already contains, and the publicity around them does not say so. — tap to centre the map on it The hypotheses AI 'co-scientist'systems are producing are ones theliterature already contains, and thepublicity around them does not sayso. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Five overlapping products that work in different ways are better than one over-constrained product, designed from a theory, that never got a chance to meet the market. — tap to centre the map on it Five overlapping products that workin different ways are better thanone over-constrained product,designed from a theory, that nevergot a chance to meet the market. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 AV Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system capable of superhuman invention would fundamentally and unpredictably alter the world's balance of power, rather than simply serving individual empowerment. — tap to centre the map on it A system capable of superhumaninvention would fundamentally andunpredictably alter the world'sbalance of power, rather than simplyserving individual empowerment. Last stated 3 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The technology a company is founded on can be exactly wrong and still not matter, so long as the founders confront reality and can learn. — tap to centre the map on it The technology a company is foundedon can be exactly wrong and stillnot matter, so long as the foundersconfront reality and can learn. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI progress comes from a simple, systematic way of improving models, not from researchers suddenly getting smarter. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress comes from a simple,systematic way of improving models,not from researchers suddenlygetting smarter. Last stated a year ago 16 Jun 2025 JK Jared Kaplan — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The patent system is broken, even if its original theory makes sense. Last stated 1 May 2012 · 15 years ago Holds James Gosling Read this korrent →