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← The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 18 Mar 2024 to 23 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle The war of each against all is not the lawof nature; mutual aid is as much a law ofnature as mutual struggle PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Mutual aid is the origin of human ethics, and mutual support rather than struggle has led moral progress — tap to centre the map on it Mutual aid is the origin of humanethics, and mutual support ratherthan struggle has led moral progress PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support — tap to centre the map on it It would contradict all we know ofnature if defenceless early humanshad progressed by recklesscompetition rather than mutualsupport PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: For industrial progress, mutual aid and close contact are much more advantageous than mutual struggle — tap to centre the map on it For industrial progress, mutual aidand close contact are much moreadvantageous than mutual struggle PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Animal species with the least individual struggle and the most mutual aid are invariably the most numerous and prosperous — tap to centre the map on it Animal species with the leastindividual struggle and the mostmutual aid are invariably the mostnumerous and prosperous PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species — tap to centre the map on it Nature tends, though not alwaysfully, toward avoiding competition,which is always harmful to thespecies PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where there is no common power there is no law, and where no law, no injustice; in war, force and fraud are the cardinal virtues — tap to centre the map on it Where there is no common power thereis no law, and where no law, noinjustice; in war, force and fraudare the cardinal virtues TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: The race between AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is a choice they made, not an inevitable law of nature, and it is a race everyone loses. — tap to centre the map on it The race between AI companies tobuild ever more powerful systems isa choice they made, not aninevitable law of nature, and it isa race everyone loses. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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 isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit 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 notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan 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 child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 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: 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 aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently 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
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At the centre The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle Last stated c. 1890–1902 Holds Peter Kropotkin Read this korrent →