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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind — tap to centre the map on it The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind
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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures — tap to centre the map on it Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures
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Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As far as can be judged, no differences between human races are of direct use to people — tap to centre the map on it As far as can be judged, no differences between human races are of direct use to people
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Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mind is not the brain but what the brain does — tap to centre the map on it The mind is not the brain but what the brain does
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Steven Pinker — holds since c. 1997 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains — tap to centre the map on it It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Oct 2026
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Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What humans have in common with animals is the interesting part of intelligence; what distinguishes us deserves less attention, not more. — tap to centre the map on it What humans have in common with animals is the interesting part of intelligence; what distinguishes us deserves less attention, not more. Last stated a year ago
26 Sept 2025
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Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The mere size of a difference does not decide whether it deserves philosophic study — tap to centre the map on it The mere size of a difference does not decide whether it deserves philosophic study
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William James — holds since c. 1879–1896 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated — tap to centre the map on it Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated Last stated 4 weeks ago
3 Oct 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-03 — 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 is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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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 not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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 a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — 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 it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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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 be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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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 its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
At the centre
There is no fundamental difference between humans and higher mammals in mental faculties
Last stated c. 1871–1874
Holds Read this korrent →
The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind
Last stated c. 1871–1874
Holds
Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures
Last stated c. 2010
Holds
As far as can be judged, no differences between human races are of direct use to people
Last stated c. 1871–1874
Holds
The mind is not the brain but what the brain does
Last stated c. 1997
Holds
It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains
Holds
What humans have in common with animals is the interesting part of intelligence; what distinguishes us deserves less attention, not more.
Holds
The mere size of a difference does not decide whether it deserves philosophic study
Last stated c. 1879–1896
Holds
Competent information processing and sentience are wholly unrelated
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
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.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
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.
Holds