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transformers 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: Work on large language models is not progress toward artificial general intelligence, because the models do not understand what they read. Work on large language models is not progress toward artificial general intelligence, because the models do not understand what they read. Last stated a year ago
30 Jul 2025
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Alexey Guzey — holds since 2024-08-09 — tap for who they are
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Alexey Guzey — no longer holds since 2025-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly. — tap to centre the map on it The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Dec 2024
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François Chollet — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
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François Chollet — no longer holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago
10 Jun 2025
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Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. — tap to centre the map on it AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. Last stated 14 years ago
3 Oct 2012
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David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau. — tap to centre the map on it The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau. Last stated 3 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — no longer holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Scaling the 2019-2023 recipe — same architecture, bigger model, more data — is not enough; further progress depends on new architectural ideas. — tap to centre the map on it Scaling the 2019-2023 recipe — same architecture, bigger model, more data — is not enough; further progress depends on new architectural ideas. Last stated 2 years ago
20 Dec 2024
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François Chollet — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are
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Gary Marcus — holds since 2024-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression. — tap to centre the map on it A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Kevin Kelly — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Large language models are grown rather than built, and nobody really knows how the resulting working AI functions. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models are grown rather than built, and nobody really knows how the resulting working AI functions. Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. Last stated a year ago
7 Oct 2025
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Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. — tap to centre the map on it A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail. Last stated 2 years ago
7 May 2024
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Buck Shlegeris — holds since 2024-05-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. — tap to centre the map on it A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Sequence transduction can use a simple architecture based solely on attention, without recurrence or convolutions. — tap to centre the map on it Sequence transduction can use a simple architecture based solely on attention, without recurrence or convolutions. Last stated 9 years ago
12 Jun 2017
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Illia Polosukhin — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Jakob Uszkoreit — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Niki Parmar — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Ashish Vaswani — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Noam Shazeer — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Aidan N. Gomez — holds since 2017-06-12 — tap for who they are
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Same subject: Looped/recurrent-depth transformer architectures can improve model quality at a fixed compute budget when the model is large enough. — tap to centre the map on it Looped/recurrent-depth transformer architectures can improve model quality at a fixed compute budget when the model is large enough. Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
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Sebastian Raschka — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The transformer was close to the last answer in architecture: nothing about the core design has changed since 2017. — tap to centre the map on it The transformer was close to the last answer in architecture: nothing about the core design has changed since 2017. Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
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Work on large language models is not progress toward artificial general intelligence, because the models do not understand what they read.
No longer holds Read this korrent →
Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence.
Holds
The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly.
No longer holds
A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject.
Holds
AGI research made no progress in its first six decades.
Holds
The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau.
Holds No longer holds
Scaling the 2019-2023 recipe — same architecture, bigger model, more data — is not enough; further progress depends on new architectural ideas.
Holds
A neural network's latent space is closer to an uncopyrightable syntax than to copyrightable expression.
Holds
Large language models are grown rather than built, and nobody really knows how the resulting working AI functions.
Holds
A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad.
Holds
A control evaluation that reports under one per cent risk should be read as several per cent, because the evaluation can itself fail.
Holds
A feedback loop that reinforces a behavior pulls it toward whatever improves the loop's own score.
Holds
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do.
Holds
Sequence transduction can use a simple architecture based solely on attention, without recurrence or convolutions.
Holds
Looped/recurrent-depth transformer architectures can improve model quality at a fixed compute budget when the model is large enough.
Holds
The transformer was close to the last answer in architecture: nothing about the core design has changed since 2017.
Holds