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← Things made by AI can be distractions and diversions, but they cannot be an expression.
17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 6 Nov 2015 to 29 Oct 2026.
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Read this korrent: Things made by AI can be distractions and diversions, but they cannot be an expression.
Things made by AI can be distractions and diversions, but they cannot be an expression.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Mar 2025
MK
Mary Robinette Kowal — holds since 2025-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so. — tap to centre the map on it
Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
NM
Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them. — tap to centre the map on it
People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Sept 2026
KS
Karri Saarinen — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI cannot be both obedient and benevolent simultaneously. — tap to centre the map on it
AI cannot be both obedient and benevolent simultaneously.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming. — tap to centre the map on it
If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
TH
ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The danger of AI is not that it makes us lazy but that it makes us endlessly busy. — tap to centre the map on it
The danger of AI is not that it makes us lazy but that it makes us endlessly busy.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
RL
Ryo Lu — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No creative work should ever be used by AI without its maker's permission; doing it is no different from stealing. — tap to centre the map on it
No creative work should ever be used by AI without its maker's permission; doing it is no different from stealing.
Last stated 8 months ago
11 Mar 2026
JK
Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can do things that even a country of geniuses couldn't — tap to centre the map on it
AI can do things that even a country of geniuses couldn't
Last stated 6 days ago
29 Oct 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking. — tap to centre the map on it
AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
NM
Nick Maggiulli — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Aug 2026
SK
Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
IA
Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models want to add or patch as a form of making better, whereas the design process is really about editing away. — tap to centre the map on it
AI models want to add or patch as a form of making better, whereas the design process is really about editing away.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
JY
Jason Yuan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules. — tap to centre the map on it
AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
TC
Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Aug 2026
NP
Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
TU
Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it
A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
MW
Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
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Things made by AI can be distractions and diversions, but they cannot be an expression.
Last stated 20 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Mary Robinette Kowal
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Even when AI is capable of performing a job, it may not be permitted to do so.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nick Maggiulli
Similar wording
People often seem to focus on what AI can execute and not on what it can teach them.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Karri Saarinen
Similar wording
AI cannot be both obedient and benevolent simultaneously.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Noah Smith
Similar wording
If AI can make you irrelevant, what you were doing was work slightly too complicated to automate before, not programming.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Similar wording
The danger of AI is not that it makes us lazy but that it makes us endlessly busy.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ryo Lu
Similar wording
No creative work should ever be used by AI without its maker's permission; doing it is no different from stealing.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Jeff Kaplan
Similar wording
AI can do things that even a country of geniuses couldn't
Last stated 29 Oct 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Noah Smith
Similar wording
AI excels at certain tasks but cannot substitute for human thinking.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Nick Maggiulli
Same subject: creativity
A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Susan Kare
Same subject: creativity
A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity.
Last stated 12 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Evan Spiegel
Same subject: creativity
A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
Last stated c. 1959
Holds Isaac Asimov
Same subject: design
AI models want to add or patch as a form of making better, whereas the design process is really about editing away.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Jason Yuan
Same subject: design
AI that builds UI is trained on past UI, so breaking out of that mould will still take a person willing to break the rules.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: design
As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity.
Last stated 4 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Nate Parrott
Same subject: innovation
A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists.
Last stated 6 Nov 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Tim Urban
Same subject: innovation
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Cory Doctorow
Same subject: innovation
A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.
Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Matt Webb