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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Token consumption is becoming a proxy for how seriously a team uses AI. Token consumption is becoming a proxy forhow seriously a team uses AI. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 CD Carilu Dietrich — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Token costs scale with usage and leave a hole in marketing budgets that first-year plans did not foresee. — tap to centre the map on it Token costs scale with usage andleave a hole in marketing budgetsthat first-year plans did notforesee. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 CD Carilu Dietrich — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The cost of a token is falling by an order of magnitude every year, even as the price of the computers that make them goes up. — tap to centre the map on it The cost of a token is falling by anorder of magnitude every year, evenas the price of the computers thatmake them goes up. Last stated 7 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rationing AI tokens reflects a weird scarcity mindset when more tokens are easily affordable than one could ever use. — tap to centre the map on it Rationing AI tokens reflects a weirdscarcity mindset when more tokensare easily affordable than one couldever use. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maxing out your token usage is optimising one node of the factory for utilisation instead of the end-to-end goal of shipping value that is stable and lasts. — tap to centre the map on it Maxing out your token usage isoptimising one node of the factoryfor utilisation instead of theend-to-end goal of shipping valuethat is stable and lasts. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is creating user surplus and capital deepening, even if it is not yet showing up in TFP data. — tap to centre the map on it AI is creating user surplus andcapital deepening, even if it is notyet showing up in TFP data. Last stated 4 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tokens are not the true unit of AI inference, because better models yield more problem-solving per token. — tap to centre the map on it Tokens are not the true unit of AIinference, because better modelsyield more problem-solving pertoken. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making AI compute cheaper per token drives enough extra usage that total AI energy consumption rises rather than falls (a Jevons paradox effect). — tap to centre the map on it Making AI compute cheaper per tokendrives enough extra usage that totalAI energy consumption rises ratherthan falls (a Jevons paradoxeffect). Last stated 3 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Organizations will trade some access to frontier-level AI capability for greater control over how their data is used. — tap to centre the map on it Organizations will trade some accessto frontier-level AI capability forgreater control over how their datais used. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 SK Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dominant platform is more fragile than it looks, because pushing users far enough makes even the locked-in ones leave. — tap to centre the map on it A dominant platform is more fragilethan it looks, because pushing usersfar enough makes even the locked-inones leave. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Oct 2024 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are MW Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A food’s value should not be set by the attention it gets on social media. — tap to centre the map on it A food’s value should not be set bythe attention it gets on socialmedia. Last stated 2 years ago 12 Dec 2024 YO Yotam Ottolenghi — holds since 2024-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — 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 withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PS 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 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: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — 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 11 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 4 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 8 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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