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← What matters in judging technological progress is the trend over time, not the state at any single moment.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 14 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under AI and science AI and science Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under robotics robotics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: What matters in judging technological progress is the trend over time, not the state at any single moment. What matters in judging technologicalprogress is the trend over time, not thestate at any single moment. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress did not slowdown from 1970 to the present,compared with its pre-1970 speed Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are SA Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating history as a march of progress makes whole eras and regions disappear, dismissed for having failed to advance it. — tap to centre the map on it Treating history as a march ofprogress makes whole eras andregions disappear, dismissed forhaving failed to advance it. Last stated 10 years ago 4 Jan 2017 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2017-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The date that matters for robotics is not when the technology is finished but when the data flywheel starts turning. — tap to centre the map on it The date that matters for roboticsis not when the technology isfinished but when the data flywheelstarts turning. Last stated a year ago 12 Sept 2025 SL Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Expecting technology to keep accelerating is a bias of our particular moment; for most of human history the tools did not change at all. — tap to centre the map on it Expecting technology to keepaccelerating is a bias of ourparticular moment; for most of humanhistory the tools did not change atall. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Placing technology in its historical context is necessary for thinking about the future of computing — tap to centre the map on it Placing technology in its historicalcontext is necessary for thinkingabout the future of computing Last stated 12 months ago 16 Oct 2025 SA Samuel Arbesman — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological progress does not deliver the most important technologies first; what people choose to work on decides what exists. — tap to centre the map on it Technological progress does notdeliver the most importanttechnologies first; what peoplechoose to work on decides whatexists. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Feb 2024 JT Jacob Trefethen — holds since 2024-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: History teaches complexity rather than prediction: it can explain the mechanisms of change without licensing any claim about what comes next. — tap to centre the map on it History teaches complexity ratherthan prediction: it can explain themechanisms of change withoutlicensing any claim about what comesnext. Last stated 10 years ago 4 Jan 2017 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2017-01-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Technological determinism is only believable low down the tech tree; higher up we already choose which paths not to take. — tap to centre the map on it Technological determinism is onlybelievable low down the tech tree;higher up we already choose whichpaths not to take. Last stated 6 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — 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 isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — 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 isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 9 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A child who has seen ten cats learns what a machine needs the whole internet of cat photos for, by a learning pathway nobody has solved. — tap to centre the map on it A child who has seen ten cats learnswhat a machine needs the wholeinternet of cat photos for, by alearning pathway nobody has solved. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compound's AI origin story is not by itself a reason to expect it to do better in the clinic. — tap to centre the map on it A compound's AI origin story is notby itself a reason to expect it todo better in the clinic. Last stated 2 years ago 13 May 2024 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2024-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational method can regularly predict protein structures with atomic accuracy even when no similar structure is known. — tap to centre the map on it A computational method can regularlypredict protein structures withatomic accuracy even when no similarstructure is known. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Jul 2021 DH Demis Hassabis — holds since 2021-07-15 — tap for who they are
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