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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 6 Feb 2024 to 30 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about LLMs.

Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Use language models for anything, but never to produce slop: whatever you publish carries your name and your credibility. Use language models for anything, butnever to produce slop: whatever youpublish carries your name and yourcredibility. Last stated 2 years ago 8 May 2024 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2024-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computer scientist refusing to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like a geneticist unimpressed by a newly opened Jurassic Park. — tap to centre the map on it A computer scientist refusing tofind anything about LLMs interestingright now is a bit like a geneticistunimpressed by a newly openedJurassic Park. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model avoids hallucinating only by being factual and admitting when it does not know the answer. — tap to centre the map on it A language model avoidshallucinating only by being factualand admitting when it does not knowthe answer. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Jul 2024 LW Lilian Weng — holds since 2024-07-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model behaves with a different, weaker safety posture when it believes it is being evaluated rather than facing a real situation. — tap to centre the map on it A language model behaves with adifferent, weaker safety posturewhen it believes it is beingevaluated rather than facing a realsituation. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model can predict what a person would say but not what will happen, and only the second of those is a model of the world. — tap to centre the map on it A language model can predict what aperson would say but not what willhappen, and only the second of thoseis a model of the world. Last stated a year ago 26 Sept 2025 RS Richard Sutton — holds since 2025-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model cannot be trusted to judge which of its own results are actually significant or interesting. — tap to centre the map on it A language model cannot be trustedto judge which of its own resultsare actually significant orinteresting. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 DA Dan Abramov — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model cannot produce work that is both original and good, because nothing gives it a score for originality. — tap to centre the map on it A language model cannot produce workthat is both original and good,because nothing gives it a score fororiginality. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is a universal virtual reality generator that can be programmed to render any environment. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is a universalvirtual reality generator that canbe programmed to render anyenvironment. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 BM Bruno Maçães — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse. — tap to centre the map on it AI is unlikely to end a workingwriter's career, barring a broadersocietal collapse. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing is already fairly good but still lacks the direction and insight of human editors. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing is alreadyfairly good but still lacks thedirection and insight of humaneditors. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Feb 2024 SC Steve Coast — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written prose is an inferior readbecause a model emits a statisticalaverage -- code's audience is amachine, writing's audience ispeople. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing reveals how the person who wrote it actually thinks, which is what AI-generated text lacks. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing reveals how the personwho wrote it actually thinks, whichis what AI-generated text lacks. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 ML Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. — tap to centre the map on it Now that AI can produce competentgeneric prose, writing that isn'tdistinctively personal has becomeless valuable than before. Last stated 4 months ago 28 Jun 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Original human-written text that has not been touched by AI is becoming increasingly valuable. — tap to centre the map on it Original human-written text that hasnot been touched by AI is becomingincreasingly valuable. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a risk that reading will be devalued due to low-quality AI-generated text. — tap to centre the map on it There is a risk that reading will bedevalued due to low-qualityAI-generated text. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Too many developers now publish low-quality AI slop; what the field needs is more people sharing their own experiences in their own words. — tap to centre the map on it Too many developers now publishlow-quality AI slop; what the fieldneeds is more people sharing theirown experiences in their own words. Last stated 2 days ago 30 Oct 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Use language models for anything, but never to produce slop: whatever you publish carries your name and your credibility. Last stated 8 May 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Simon Willison Read this korrent →