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Read this korrent: Those who rule need to be made to realize that their own models are a threat to their rule.
Those who rule need to be made to realize that their own models are a threat to their rule.
Last stated a month ago
14 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If this much effort goes into training the model, you had better be willing to keep training your own. — tap to centre the map on it
If this much effort goes into training the model, you had better be willing to keep training your own.
Last stated 5 months ago
3 Jun 2026
KH
Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person powerful enough to dominate a group alone will exploit it rather than lead it cooperatively. — tap to centre the map on it
A person powerful enough to dominate a group alone will exploit it rather than lead it cooperatively.
Last stated 11 years ago
11 Feb 2016
KS
Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-02-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Open-weight models are necessary to protect against ideological tyranny — tap to centre the map on it
Open-weight models are necessary to protect against ideological tyranny
Last stated 3 months ago
27 Jul 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Treating people as incapable of governing themselves makes it easier to justify governing them without their consent. — tap to centre the map on it
Treating people as incapable of governing themselves makes it easier to justify governing them without their consent.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
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Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If an unnamed party becomes scared of AGI, it will slow down its own models. — tap to centre the map on it
If an unnamed party becomes scared of AGI, it will slow down its own models.
Last stated a month ago
14 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead — tap to centre the map on it
Having internalized the oppressor's image, the oppressed fear freedom, which would demand autonomy and responsibility instead
PF
Paulo Freire — holds since c. 1968 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Punishing a model to show it who is boss is a dangerous way to address misalignment, because punishment for failing impossible tasks is what caused this. — tap to centre the map on it
Punishing a model to show it who is boss is a dangerous way to address misalignment, because punishment for failing impossible tasks is what caused this.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current models are unsafe because they are not smart enough, not because they are too smart. — tap to centre the map on it
Current models are unsafe because they are not smart enough, not because they are too smart.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
FC
François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute.
Last stated a month ago
22 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it
A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
RB
Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment.
Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it
A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it
A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
RD
Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it
A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate — tap to centre the map on it
A democracy should never let all its information concentrate in one hub, government or corporate
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it
A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims
Last stated 5 years ago
9 Feb 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it
Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time.
Last stated 8 months ago
1 Mar 2026
TG
Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are
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