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Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Whatever humans are still better at than models is alpha that decays with every model release, so the skill worth naming today will not be the one worth naming next year. Whatever humans are still better at thanmodels is alpha that decays with everymodel release, so the skill worth namingtoday will not be the one worth namingnext year. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The one safe bet about AI is that models will improve, so what a company has to build is an organisation that gets better as models get better. — tap to centre the map on it The one safe bet about AI is thatmodels will improve, so what acompany has to build is anorganisation that gets better asmodels get better. Last stated a year ago 16 Oct 2025 DF Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Newer model releases have got worse at producing text that is actually pleasant to read and understand. — tap to centre the map on it Newer model releases have got worseat producing text that is actuallypleasant to read and understand. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Today's models are severely under-elicited: they are far more capable than the way we currently ask them makes them look. — tap to centre the map on it Today's models are severelyunder-elicited: they are far morecapable than the way we currentlyask them makes them look. Last stated 2 years ago 8 Nov 2024 JL Jan Leike — holds since 2024-11-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A year from now every coding model on the market will still take a bad instruction at face value and go fix the listed issues, where a human senior engineer would insist on a rewrite. — tap to centre the map on it A year from now every coding modelon the market will still take a badinstruction at face value and go fixthe listed issues, where a humansenior engineer would insist on arewrite. Last stated 5 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current capabilities of existing AI models are barely being used and are often not even well understood. — tap to centre the map on it The current capabilities of existingAI models are barely being used andare often not even well understood. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI models are not yet capable of producing great code — tap to centre the map on it AI models are not yet capable ofproducing great code Last stated 2 years ago 16 Dec 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The code today’s models and agents write is very hard to follow: you get better performance without knowing why, and no way to fix it when it breaks. — tap to centre the map on it The code today’s models and agentswrite is very hard to follow: youget better performance withoutknowing why, and no way to fix itwhen it breaks. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Jul 2026 ES Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every new model makes yesterday’s human competence cheap and therefore commoditised; the human job is to take that frozen competence and make something new with it. — tap to centre the map on it Every new model makes yesterday’shuman competence cheap and thereforecommoditised; the human job is totake that frozen competence and makesomething new with it. Last stated 5 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company must cut half its engineers to pay for the other half's tokens, and that is what the layoffs are actually about. — tap to centre the map on it A company must cut half itsengineers to pay for the otherhalf's tokens, and that is what thelayoffs are actually about. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A likely outcome is that many occupations are eventually mostly replaced by AI while humans still have plenty to do. — tap to centre the map on it A likely outcome is that manyoccupations are eventually mostlyreplaced by AI while humans stillhave plenty to do. Last stated a month ago 7 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A lot of jobs will probably be created because of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A lot of jobs will probably becreated because of AI. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will not eliminate software engineering jobs, but engineers who are highly skilled with AI tools could displace those who are not. — tap to centre the map on it AI will not eliminate softwareengineering jobs, but engineers whoare highly skilled with AI toolscould displace those who are not. Last stated 6 months ago 27 Apr 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-04-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: As a capability becomes abundant, its remaining scarce complements become more valuable. — tap to centre the map on it As a capability becomes abundant,its remaining scarce complementsbecome more valuable. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever. — tap to centre the map on it Leaning on AI trades knowledge forspeed, and the price may be ageneration of programmers in whichjuniors stay juniors forever. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Mar 2025 TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: An agent can understand a maximally simplified explanation and still be unable to come up with it — that gap is what is left of the expert's job. — tap to centre the map on it An agent can understand a maximallysimplified explanation and still beunable to come up with it — that gapis what is left of the expert's job. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI you have to supervise at 90 percent is not 90 percent task completion: you are still doing the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI you have to supervise at 90percent is not 90 percent taskcompletion: you are still doing thething. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work. — tap to centre the map on it As AI agents take on biggerdelegated tasks, the humanbottleneck shifts to writing specsand reviewing output fast, hollowingout the middle of the work. Last stated 6 months ago 3 May 2026 EY Eugene Yan — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Whatever humans are still better at than models is alpha that decays with every model release, so the skill worth naming today will not be the one worth naming next year. Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Addy Osmani Read this korrent →