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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Whoever can discern truth has a higher authority than the highest judge who can discern only law Whoever can discern truth has a higherauthority than the highest judge who candiscern only law Last stated 172 years ago 4 Jul 1854 HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Facts are judged by the senses, natural things by reason, and revealed things by faith — tap to centre the map on it Facts are judged by the senses,natural things by reason, andrevealed things by faith Last stated 370 years ago 24 Mar 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A truth stays true whoever holds it; people should be judged by the truth, not the truth by its holders — tap to centre the map on it A truth stays true whoever holds it;people should be judged by thetruth, not the truth by its holders AL Al-Ghazali — holds since c. 1106–1111 — tap for who they are Same subject: What most distinguishes one mind from another is the ability to judge evidence correctly — tap to centre the map on it What most distinguishes one mindfrom another is the ability to judgeevidence correctly Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Judging one people by another misses the truth; judging a nation by the essentials of human happiness sees it as it is — tap to centre the map on it Judging one people by another missesthe truth; judging a nation by theessentials of human happiness seesit as it is HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature — tap to centre the map on it Seeking, knowing and believing truthis the highest good of human nature FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where scripture seems to oppose a truth proved by philosophy, it admits of interpretation — tap to centre the map on it Where scripture seems to oppose atruth proved by philosophy, itadmits of interpretation I( Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — holds since c. 1126–1195 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on amatter of fact is not heresy, thoughit may be presumptuous, because onfacts that authority is notinfallible Last stated 370 years ago 23 Jan 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has no genuine discernment; it absorbs and reproduces without judgment. — tap to centre the map on it AI has no genuine discernment; itabsorbs and reproduces withoutjudgment. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 director's visual style can be balanced with narrative depth to create their best film. — tap to centre the map on it A director's visual style can bebalanced with narrative depth tocreate their best film. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A gift's perceived price is part of what it does, so a drink known to be cheap fails at its job however good it tastes. — tap to centre the map on it A gift's perceived price is part ofwhat it does, so a drink known to becheap fails at its job however goodit tastes. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA 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'sreasoning shift outside its visibleChain of Thought is dangerous, bothbecause it works and because aleading lab is willing to deploy it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 ZM 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 aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Whoever can discern truth has a higher authority than the highest judge who can discern only law Last stated 4 Jul 1854 · 172 years ago Holds Henry David Thoreau Read this korrent →