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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under design design Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under documentation documentation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Writers are never writing for everyone; their choices always pick out an intended reader. Writers are never writing for everyone;their choices always pick out an intendedreader. Last stated 4 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 JL Jessica J. Lee — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Trying to avoid AI-writing tells as a human writer is pointless, since readers who fixate on them ignore substance anyway. — tap to centre the map on it Trying to avoid AI-writing tells asa human writer is pointless, sincereaders who fixate on them ignoresubstance anyway. Last stated 5 months ago 28 May 2026 JF Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Naming a narrow audience puts a creator on the hook, while claiming the work is for everyone is a way to hide from failure. — tap to centre the map on it Naming a narrow audience puts acreator on the hook, while claimingthe work is for everyone is a way tohide from failure. Last stated 3 years ago 26 Mar 2024 SG Seth Godin — holds since 2024-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people are not as good at inferring a writer's intent from their fiction as they believe themselves to be. — tap to centre the map on it Most people are not as good atinferring a writer's intent fromtheir fiction as they believethemselves to be. Last stated 7 years ago 25 Nov 2019 AL Ann Leckie — holds since 2019-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who never writes has no fully formed ideas about anything nontrivial, and never realises it. — tap to centre the map on it Someone who never writes has nofully formed ideas about anythingnontrivial, and never realises it. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Feb 2022 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who want to become more widely read rarely think about the responsibility that comes with a larger audience. — tap to centre the map on it People who want to become morewidely read rarely think about theresponsibility that comes with alarger audience. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it A writer's audience does not carryfrom one book to the next: everybook is another startup you have tomake happen from scratch. Last stated 11 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody expects what they will see on paper when they hand an author the unfettered task of writing their life — tap to centre the map on it Nobody expects what they will see onpaper when they hand an author theunfettered task of writing theirlife Last stated 17 years ago 10 Nov 2009 AS Alice Schroeder — holds since 2009-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: What matters is not how the writer felt while writing it but how the reader will feel while reading it. — tap to centre the map on it What matters is not how the writerfelt while writing it but how thereader will feel while reading it. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 10 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 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — 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 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 9 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 Writers are never writing for everyone; their choices always pick out an intended reader. Last stated 6 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago Holds Jessica J. Lee Read this korrent →