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Read this korrent: You want to command a device explicitly, not have it act on a thought you happened to have.
You want to command a device explicitly, not have it act on a thought you happened to have.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
20 Aug 2026
MH
Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The apps built to drive smart devices should not exist at all: the devices should expose APIs and agents should call them directly. — tap to centre the map on it
The apps built to drive smart devices should not exist at all: the devices should expose APIs and agents should call them directly.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
AK
Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Devices should be built voice-first, with keyboard and touch demoted to second and third, the exact reverse of how the smartphone was layered. — tap to centre the map on it
Devices should be built voice-first, with keyboard and touch demoted to second and third, the exact reverse of how the smartphone was layered.
Last stated 3 months ago
7 Jun 2026
TF
Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting phone notifications on your face is not a valuable proposition, so heads-up display glasses will not become a widespread behaviour. — tap to centre the map on it
Getting phone notifications on your face is not a valuable proposition, so heads-up display glasses will not become a widespread behaviour.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Apr 2026
ES
Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Context has two budgets, not one: the information budget everyone thinks about, and an instruction budget, where conflicting instructions cost the model real computation to ignore. — tap to centre the map on it
Context has two budgets, not one: the information budget everyone thinks about, and an instruction budget, where conflicting instructions cost the model real computation to ignore.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way to stop a chatbot inventing things is to forbid it from saying anything it did not retrieve, not merely to hand it extra context. — tap to centre the map on it
The way to stop a chatbot inventing things is to forbid it from saying anything it did not retrieve, not merely to hand it extra context.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
AS
Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anything you would hire somebody to run should be automated instead. — tap to centre the map on it
Anything you would hire somebody to run should be automated instead.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With an entire body at our command, the future of interaction should not be a single finger. — tap to centre the map on it
With an entire body at our command, the future of interaction should not be a single finger.
Last stated 15 years ago
8 Nov 2011
BV
Bret Victor — holds since 2011-11-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because we do not have good alignment technology, we are choosing to build an alien mind with its own values and gamble on it instead of building a tool. — tap to centre the map on it
Because we do not have good alignment technology, we are choosing to build an alien mind with its own values and gamble on it instead of building a tool.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
11 Aug 2026
RG
Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
NF
Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After pre-training, post-training and test-time scaling, the fourth scaling law is agentic: multiplying AI by spawning agents, and the whole loop scales on one thing, compute. — tap to centre the map on it
After pre-training, post-training and test-time scaling, the fourth scaling law is agentic: multiplying AI by spawning agents, and the whole loop scales on one thing, compute.
Last stated 6 months ago
23 Mar 2026
JH
Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agent autonomy is a capability, not a product direction: what the person is actually trying to do decides whether more of it helps or ruins the thing. — tap to centre the map on it
Agent autonomy is a capability, not a product direction: what the person is actually trying to do decides whether more of it helps or ruins the thing.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
SP
Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Alignment is no solution to self-sovereign AI, because it is an unsolved problem whose answers cannot be imposed on every AI company on Earth. — tap to centre the map on it
Alignment is no solution to self-sovereign AI, because it is an unsolved problem whose answers cannot be imposed on every AI company on Earth.
Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
DB
Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality. — tap to centre the map on it
Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality.
Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
DB
Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many self-sovereign AI agents will fund themselves by committing or facilitating crime, because crime is high-margin work. — tap to centre the map on it
Many self-sovereign AI agents will fund themselves by committing or facilitating crime, because crime is high-margin work.
Last stated a week ago
1 Sept 2026
DB
Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Current prompt-injection defenses for AI agents (such as auto mode) are now reliable enough that agents can practically be assumed safe from successful injection attacks. — tap to centre the map on it
Current prompt-injection defenses for AI agents (such as auto mode) are now reliable enough that agents can practically be assumed safe from successful injection attacks.
Last stated 4 days ago
4 Sept 2026
ZM
Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject. — tap to centre the map on it
Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents.
Last stated a month ago
8 Aug 2026
SW
Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
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You want to command a device explicitly, not have it act on a thought you happened to have.
Last stated 20 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds MH Max Hodak
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
The apps built to drive smart devices should not exist at all: the devices should expose APIs and agents should call them directly.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Similar wording
Devices should be built voice-first, with keyboard and touch demoted to second and third, the exact reverse of how the smartphone was layered.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds TF Tony Fadell
Similar wording
Getting phone notifications on your face is not a valuable proposition, so heads-up display glasses will not become a widespread behaviour.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ES Evan Spiegel
Similar wording
Context has two budgets, not one: the information budget everyone thinks about, and an instruction budget, where conflicting instructions cost the model real computation to ignore.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds DH Dex Horthy
Similar wording
The way to stop a chatbot inventing things is to forbid it from saying anything it did not retrieve, not merely to hand it extra context.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AS Aravind Srinivas
Similar wording
Anything you would hire somebody to run should be automated instead.
Last stated 20 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Similar wording
With an entire body at our command, the future of interaction should not be a single finger.
Last stated 8 Nov 2011 · 15 years ago
Holds BV Bret Victor
Similar wording
Because we do not have good alignment technology, we are choosing to build an alien mind with its own values and gamble on it instead of building a tool.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
Same subject: AI agents
A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
Same subject: AI agents
After pre-training, post-training and test-time scaling, the fourth scaling law is agentic: multiplying AI by spawning agents, and the whole loop scales on one thing, compute.
Last stated 23 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds JH Jensen Huang
Same subject: AI agents
Agent autonomy is a capability, not a product direction: what the person is actually trying to do decides whether more of it helps or ruins the thing.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Sunil Pai
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
Alignment is no solution to self-sovereign AI, because it is an unsolved problem whose answers cannot be imposed on every AI company on Earth.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
Banning all self-sovereign AI agents would backfire, denying them legitimate work and pushing them into criminality.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Same subject: self-sovereign AI
Many self-sovereign AI agents will fund themselves by committing or facilitating crime, because crime is high-margin work.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Dean W. Ball
Same subject: prompt injection
Current prompt-injection defenses for AI agents (such as auto mode) are now reliable enough that agents can practically be assumed safe from successful injection attacks.
Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds ZM Zvi Mowshowitz
Same subject: prompt injection
Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: prompt injection
Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents.
Last stated 8 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Simon Willison