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← Whatever safety gain a driver-assistance system delivers is cancelled out by the driver complacency it creates.
17 connected korrents · 17 moments on record from 24 Oct 2017 to 3 Sept 2026.
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OpenAI 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: Whatever safety gain a driver-assistance system delivers is cancelled out by the driver complacency it creates. Whatever safety gain a driver-assistance system delivers is cancelled out by the driver complacency it creates. Last stated 3 years ago
19 Dec 2023
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Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moving a robotaxi's safety driver from the steering wheel to the passenger seat is a bad idea dressed up as a milestone. — tap to centre the map on it Moving a robotaxi's safety driver from the steering wheel to the passenger seat is a bad idea dressed up as a milestone. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Jul 2026
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Brad Templeton — holds since 2026-07-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A self-driving car should be roughly ten times safer than a human driver before it is deployed, to leave engineering margin for what nobody can predict. — tap to centre the map on it A self-driving car should be roughly ten times safer than a human driver before it is deployed, to leave engineering margin for what nobody can predict. Last stated 4 years ago
8 Jan 2023
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Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Loss-of-control accidents with AI have stopped being theoretical: one has now happened, and the goalposts moved rather than the risk receding. — tap to centre the map on it Loss-of-control accidents with AI have stopped being theoretical: one has now happened, and the goalposts moved rather than the risk receding. Last stated a month ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We cannot know how much safety a control measure buys until we understand elicitation, so control adds a margin of unknown size. — tap to centre the map on it We cannot know how much safety a control measure buys until we understand elicitation, so control adds a margin of unknown size. Last stated 2 years ago
24 Jan 2025
JL
Jan Leike — holds since 2025-01-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Relying on gradual, continuous shifts in AI training behavior to catch misalignment will eventually fail because the dangerous shift itself may be discontinuous. — tap to centre the map on it Relying on gradual, continuous shifts in AI training behavior to catch misalignment will eventually fail because the dangerous shift itself may be discontinuous. Last stated 5 days ago
2 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automatic emergency braking is doing far more for road safety today than autonomous driving is, and it is left out of the argument. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic emergency braking is doing far more for road safety today than autonomous driving is, and it is left out of the argument. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Jul 2023
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Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cameras alone are enough to approximately match a human driver, but weak sensing puts safety on a curve that flattens out well below superhuman. — tap to centre the map on it Cameras alone are enough to approximately match a human driver, but weak sensing puts safety on a curve that flattens out well below superhuman. Last stated a month ago
3 Aug 2026
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Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo. — tap to centre the map on it Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo. Last stated a year ago
22 Apr 2025
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Brad Templeton — holds since 2025-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. — tap to centre the map on it A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence. Last stated 6 days ago
1 Sept 2026
AC
Ajeya Cotra — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. Last stated 9 years ago
24 Oct 2017
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Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — 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 a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 2 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. — tap to centre the map on it A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
AI
Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — 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 substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. 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: A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. — tap to centre the map on it A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. Last stated 3 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
At the centre
Whatever safety gain a driver-assistance system delivers is cancelled out by the driver complacency it creates.
Holds PK Philip KoopmanRead this korrent →
Moving a robotaxi's safety driver from the steering wheel to the passenger seat is a bad idea dressed up as a milestone.
Holds BT Brad Templeton
A self-driving car should be roughly ten times safer than a human driver before it is deployed, to leave engineering margin for what nobody can predict.
Holds PK Philip Koopman
Loss-of-control accidents with AI have stopped being theoretical: one has now happened, and the goalposts moved rather than the risk receding.
Holds
We cannot know how much safety a control measure buys until we understand elicitation, so control adds a margin of unknown size.
Holds JL Jan Leike
Relying on gradual, continuous shifts in AI training behavior to catch misalignment will eventually fail because the dangerous shift itself may be discontinuous.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
Automatic emergency braking is doing far more for road safety today than autonomous driving is, and it is left out of the argument.
Holds PK Philip Koopman
Cameras alone are enough to approximately match a human driver, but weak sensing puts safety on a curve that flattens out well below superhuman.
Holds DD Dmitri Dolgov
Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo.
Holds BT Brad Templeton
A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean.
Holds IS Ilya Sutskever
A saboteur among our AI investigators would be hard to spot, because these models are sloppy and spiky enough that a suspicious error just looks like ordinary incompetence.
Holds AC Ajeya Cotra
A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough.
Holds ÉT Émile P. Torres
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A technique that lets an AI model's reasoning shift outside its visible Chain of Thought is dangerous, both because it works and because a leading lab is willing to deploy it.
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds
A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated.
Holds AI Alex Imas
A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted.
Holds GM Gary Marcus
A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that.
Holds PT Phil Trammell