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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 28 Nov 2018 to 27 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Writing narrows thinking to its essential components while discussion expands the space of possibilities. Writing narrows thinking to its essentialcomponents while discussion expands thespace of possibilities. Last stated 8 years ago 28 Nov 2018 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2018-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussion expands the space of possibilities, while writing narrows a tangle of loose ideas down to what is essential. — tap to centre the map on it Discussion expands the space ofpossibilities, while writing narrowsa tangle of loose ideas down to whatis essential. Last stated 8 years ago 28 Nov 2018 AB Andrew Bosworth — holds since 2018-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing and thinking are mutually reinforcing processes. — tap to centre the map on it Writing and thinking are mutuallyreinforcing processes. Last stated 7 years ago 6 Oct 2019 SS Steph Smith — holds since 2019-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is a powerful tool for enhancing thinking. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is a powerful tool forenhancing thinking. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 NW Natalie Wexler — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: However much you learn about something in other ways, writing about it still teaches you new things. — tap to centre the map on it However much you learn aboutsomething in other ways, writingabout it still teaches you newthings. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Feb 2022 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is a stricter test of an idea than talking about it. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is a stricter test of anidea than talking about it. Last stated 5 years ago 1 Feb 2022 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2022-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing is thinking, so an LLM inflating a one-sentence observation into three paragraphs destroys the thing that made it worth reading. — tap to centre the map on it Writing is thinking, so an LLMinflating a one-sentence observationinto three paragraphs destroys thething that made it worth reading. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing exposes the gaps in an argument that feeling certain hides. — tap to centre the map on it Writing exposes the gaps in anargument that feeling certain hides. Last stated 6 days ago 27 Oct 2026 UG Upasna Gautam — holds since 2026-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing something down helps clarify your thinking by forcing it into a coherent form. — tap to centre the map on it Writing something down helps clarifyyour thinking by forcing it into acoherent form. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Jan 2025 ML Marc Littlemore — holds since 2025-01-11 — 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 2 months 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 Writing narrows thinking to its essential components while discussion expands the space of possibilities. Last stated 28 Nov 2018 · 8 years ago Holds Andrew Bosworth Read this korrent →