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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Everything filed under data centers data centers Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The rush to AI seems to be repeating the web's pathologies: devaluing workers and creators, closed standards, overheated marketing and concentrated power. The rush to AI seems to be repeating theweb's pathologies: devaluing workers andcreators, closed standards, overheatedmarketing and concentrated power. Last stated 10 months ago 4 Dec 2025 JG James Gleick — holds since 2025-12-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are eager to optimize and put AI in even more places due to the zeitgeist that AI is too expensive and slow. — tap to centre the map on it People are eager to optimize and putAI in even more places due to thezeitgeist that AI is too expensiveand slow. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The web is being flooded with coherent, generic, generated text that buries the writing worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it The web is being flooded withcoherent, generic, generated textthat buries the writing worthreading. Last stated 6 months ago 27 Mar 2026 MW Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are MA Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are AD Anil Dash — holds since 2026-03-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak. — tap to centre the map on it AI did not create the bottlenecks insoftware delivery; it threw gas onprocesses everybody already knewwere weak. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Mar 2026 NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even with human-like learners, competition will split the AI market into specialised niches rather than hand it to one company. — tap to centre the map on it Even with human-like learners,competition will split the AI marketinto specialised niches rather thanhand it to one company. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real danger in AI-driven growth is geographic: 50% growth in and around Silicon Valley and business as usual everywhere else. — tap to centre the map on it The real danger in AI-driven growthis geographic: 50% growth in andaround Silicon Valley and businessas usual everywhere else. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Feb 2026 DA Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI marketed as a pure augmenting 'tool' will end up automating jobs anyway, since firms control how it's used. — tap to centre the map on it AI marketed as a pure augmenting'tool' will end up automating jobsanyway, since firms control how it'sused. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception. — tap to centre the map on it Technologies are almost alwayspreceded by slightly worse versionsof themselves, and there is noreason for AI to be the exception. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Feb 2018 PC Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no AI bubble on the demand side: the shortage of computing capacity is global, and spans every company and industry. — tap to centre the map on it There is no AI bubble on the demandside: the shortage of computingcapacity is global, and spans everycompany and industry. Last stated 9 months ago 8 Jan 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — 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 reportsunder one per cent risk should beread as several per cent, becausethe 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 deep theoretical understanding to predict AI behavior is unattainable. — tap to centre the map on it A deep theoretical understanding topredict AI behavior is unattainable. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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 abehavior pulls it toward whateverimproves the loop's own score. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory 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 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'sreasoning shift outside its visibleChain of Thought is dangerous, bothbecause it works and because aleading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 ZM 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 phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. 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 itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield 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 bereported under a stated budget, oras 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 itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency 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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At the centre The rush to AI seems to be repeating the web's pathologies: devaluing workers and creators, closed standards, overheated marketing and concentrated power. Last stated 4 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago Holds James Gleick Read this korrent →