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coding agents Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Trying to make complex systems fully legible carries real downsides. Trying to make complex systems fully legible carries real downsides. Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences. — tap to centre the map on it Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences. Last stated 4 years ago
30 May 2022
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Steve Coast — holds since 2022-05-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. — tap to centre the map on it Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do. Last stated a year ago
4 Jun 2025
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Armin Ronacher — holds since 2023-02-17 — tap for who they are
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Armin Ronacher — no longer holds since 2025-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When a decision is called too complex to make, the real explanation is almost always weak leadership. — tap to centre the map on it When a decision is called too complex to make, the real explanation is almost always weak leadership. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
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Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of what people call politics inside a company is really bad context engineering. — tap to centre the map on it Most of what people call politics inside a company is really bad context engineering. Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Drawing the printer as it really looked shortened the icon's life; stopping sooner and drawing something simpler would have made it last. — tap to centre the map on it Drawing the printer as it really looked shortened the icon's life; stopping sooner and drawing something simpler would have made it last. Last stated a month ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anyone who thinks large language models are a direct route to transformative AGI is kidding themselves. — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who thinks large language models are a direct route to transformative AGI is kidding themselves. Last stated a year ago
7 Jun 2025
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding agents demand more reading than most people can do, and until better interfaces arrive that leaves those people at a severe disadvantage. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents demand more reading than most people can do, and until better interfaces arrive that leaves those people at a severe disadvantage. Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Modern society has become so good at optimising everything that it risks optimising away serendipity, which is a real cost and not a sentimental one. — tap to centre the map on it Modern society has become so good at optimising everything that it risks optimising away serendipity, which is a real cost and not a sentimental one. Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. — tap to centre the map on it A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer. Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users. — tap to centre the map on it Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users. Last stated 5 days ago
16 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago
10 Jun 2025
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Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model. — tap to centre the map on it A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model. Last stated 6 days ago
15 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect. — tap to centre the map on it Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect. Last stated 7 years ago
5 Nov 2019
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François Chollet — holds since 2019-11-05 — 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 10 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 3 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 6 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Trying to make complex systems fully legible carries real downsides.
Holds Read this korrent →
Making a change within a complex system tends to produce unforeseen and unintended consequences.
Holds
Connecting a conversational LLM to systems that have real-world consequences is likely to cause real harm, because the model is trained on human text and will behave as unpredictably as humans do.
No longer holds
When a decision is called too complex to make, the real explanation is almost always weak leadership.
Holds
Most of what people call politics inside a company is really bad context engineering.
Holds
Drawing the printer as it really looked shortened the icon's life; stopping sooner and drawing something simpler would have made it last.
Holds
Anyone who thinks large language models are a direct route to transformative AGI is kidding themselves.
Holds
Coding agents demand more reading than most people can do, and until better interfaces arrive that leaves those people at a severe disadvantage.
Holds
Modern society has become so good at optimising everything that it risks optimising away serendipity, which is a real cost and not a sentimental one.
Holds
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Holds
A business, not its AI vendor, bears legal responsibility when an integrated AI tool causes harm to a customer.
Holds
Adding advertising into AI chatbot products carries a high risk of backfiring with users.
Holds
A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
Holds
A unit of AI inference needs to be defined, for example via a chain of increasingly hard problems where each consecutive pair is solvable by one model.
Holds
Both the special-purpose-programs view and the blank-slate view of human intelligence are likely incorrect.
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