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Read this korrent: The potential horrors ascribed to a future AI are real and present today, but are being enacted by humans.
The potential horrors ascribed to a future AI are real and present today, but are being enacted by humans.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
MB
Mandy Brown — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI has arguably been hitting its marks so far, roughly as anticipated by people who are really worried about existential threats. — tap to centre the map on it
AI has arguably been hitting its marks so far, roughly as anticipated by people who are really worried about existential threats.
Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
NS
Nate Silver — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Today's AIs are not alive: they lack embodiment, desires, survival instinct and therefore agency. — tap to centre the map on it
Today's AIs are not alive: they lack embodiment, desires, survival instinct and therefore agency.
Last stated 8 months ago
19 Feb 2026
NR
Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — 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
SJ
Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fantasy that AI will find the truth for us and tell fiction from reality is just another fiction — tap to centre the map on it
The fantasy that AI will find the truth for us and tell fiction from reality is just another fiction
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Jan 2024
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-01-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current AI systems are not sentient, contrary to what utopian visions of AI assume. — tap to centre the map on it
Current AI systems are not sentient, contrary to what utopian visions of AI assume.
Last stated 11 months ago
3 Dec 2025
JC
Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 May 2023
NQ
Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Very soon, an AI assistant will be a constant presence, virtual or physical, with nearly everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Very soon, an AI assistant will be a constant presence, virtual or physical, with nearly everyone.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
ML
Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Incredibly powerful AI will arrive into a world that is already being transformed and already alarmed, not into a world like today's. — tap to centre the map on it
Incredibly powerful AI will arrive into a world that is already being transformed and already alarmed, not into a world like today's.
Last stated 9 years ago
24 Feb 2018
PC
Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
MM
Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — 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 reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the 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 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 a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
IS
Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
GM
Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel. — tap to centre the map on it
A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Aug 2026
DD
Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well. — tap to centre the map on it
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 11 months ago
17 Nov 2025
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aggressive data curation may be harmful for frontier models that are significantly overtrained relative to Chinchilla optimality. — tap to centre the map on it
Aggressive data curation may be harmful for frontier models that are significantly overtrained relative to Chinchilla optimality.
Last stated 2 months ago
8 Sept 2026
DP
Dwarkesh Patel — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
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The potential horrors ascribed to a future AI are real and present today, but are being enacted by humans.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Mandy Brown
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AI has arguably been hitting its marks so far, roughly as anticipated by people who are really worried about existential threats.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Nate Silver
Similar wording
Today's AIs are not alive: they lack embodiment, desires, survival instinct and therefore agency.
Last stated 19 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Naval Ravikant
Similar wording
Current AI systems are very unlikely to be close to achieving genuine sentience.
Last stated 16 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Steven Johnson
Similar wording
The fantasy that AI will find the truth for us and tell fiction from reality is just another fiction
Last stated 11 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Yuval Noah Harari
Similar wording
Current AI systems are not sentient, contrary to what utopian visions of AI assume.
Last stated 3 Dec 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Josh Collinsworth
Similar wording
AI will be humanlike, not a distant, cold, alien mind.
Last stated 25 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Nabeel S. Qureshi
Similar wording
Very soon, an AI assistant will be a constant presence, virtual or physical, with nearly everyone.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Michael Lopp
Similar wording
Incredibly powerful AI will arrive into a world that is already being transformed and already alarmed, not into a world like today's.
Last stated 24 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds Paul Christiano
Same subject: AI alignment
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Last stated 7 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Mr. Money Mustache
Same subject: AI alignment
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Last stated 7 May 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Buck Shlegeris
Same subject: AI alignment
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Henrik Karlsson
Same subject: AGI
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Alex Imas
Same subject: AGI
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Last stated 25 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Ilya Sutskever
Same subject: AGI
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Last stated 7 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Gary Marcus
Same subject: reinforcement learning
A physical AI company needs three AIs, not one — the agent, the simulator and the critic — turning deployment into a flywheel.
Last stated 3 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Dmitri Dolgov
Same subject: reinforcement learning
A verifiable task can be optimised by reinforcement learning until a neural network performs it extremely well.
Last stated 17 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Same subject: reinforcement learning
Aggressive data curation may be harmful for frontier models that are significantly overtrained relative to Chinchilla optimality.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Dwarkesh Patel