Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← The sadness around AI comes from being invited to outsource exactly…
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 31 Aug 2024 to 27 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under AI and human skill
AI and human skill
Everything filed under design
design
Everything filed under AGI
AGI
Everything filed under innovation
innovation
Everything filed under LLMs
LLMs
Everything filed under robotics
robotics
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject
Read this korrent: The sadness around AI comes from being invited to outsource exactly the activities that supply satisfaction, accomplishment and purpose.
The sadness around AI comes from being invited to outsource exactly the activities that supply satisfaction, accomplishment and purpose.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
LS
L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI as it is currently deployed bends towards demoralisation rather than towards flourishing. — tap to centre the map on it
AI as it is currently deployed bends towards demoralisation rather than towards flourishing.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
LS
L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: How you feel about AI succession mostly reflects how good you think the present human situation is — and it is pretty bad. — tap to centre the map on it
How you feel about AI succession mostly reflects how good you think the present human situation is — and it is pretty bad.
Last stated a year ago
26 Sept 2025
RS
Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI for knowledge work will probably follow coding's adoption pattern, with many people first feeling the aha moment in a personal capacity. — tap to centre the map on it
AI for knowledge work will probably follow coding's adoption pattern, with many people first feeling the aha moment in a personal capacity.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
RU
Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Optimizing an AI assistant to feel friendly is the wrong goal when the point is building real, production systems. — tap to centre the map on it
Optimizing an AI assistant to feel friendly is the wrong goal when the point is building real, production systems.
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
EB
Emanuele Bartolesi — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Outsourcing more tasks to machines reduces people's ability to do those tasks themselves in the future. — tap to centre the map on it
Outsourcing more tasks to machines reduces people's ability to do those tasks themselves in the future.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
SJ
Stefan Judis — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done. — tap to centre the map on it
Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
RU
Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege. — tap to centre the map on it
Being optimistic about AI as it currently exists requires a degree of privilege.
Last stated 11 months ago
3 Dec 2025
JC
Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2025-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Work that depends on trust and relationships probably should not be outsourced to AI. — tap to centre the map on it
Work that depends on trust and relationships probably should not be outsourced to AI.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. — tap to centre the map on it
A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
LS
L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A skill being automated is not a reason to stop learning it: practising what machines already do is often the stepping stone to what only people can do.
Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job. — tap to centre the map on it
A well-written email does not need an AI summary, and an executive who delegates his reading to one has stopped doing the job.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
EZ
Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — 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 5 months ago
26 May 2026
CB
Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write. — tap to centre the map on it
Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write.
Last stated 2 years ago
31 Aug 2024
TC
Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not.
Last stated 6 months ago
27 Apr 2026
JS
Jon Seager — holds since 2026-04-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable. — tap to centre the map on it
As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable.
Last stated a month ago
13 Sept 2026
VR
Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever. — tap to centre the map on it
Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
TH
ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are