Expert attention map

The Who's Who of AI

What credible people across AI noticed, why it matters, and where the field is converging or disagreeing.

2,364 searchable experts 2,966 tracked across all sources
Filter the conversation Who is saying what?

Combine a professional role with a reaction lens. Both must match the same attributed contribution.

Clear all
Active evidence filter

Showing developments with attributable Opportunity & adoption reactions.

New Network reaction maps

See how experts are reacting—not just what they shared.

Posts are grouped by conversation and tone. Select a lens to filter the stream; these are never permanent labels on people.

Showing signals surfaced by Baldur Bjarnason ×

The questions experts are actively pulling apart

One card per development. Sources are clustered; reaction bundles describe these posts, never the people behind them.

Established AI field signal Analysis 11d ago
⚡ 6 h early
essay how to talk AI

How to talk about

9 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Charles Logan
“A useful resource for educators and students. And I also appreciate this from @emilymbender.bsky.social: "Be a stick in the mud! If you think about our current situation as mired in mud that's hard to walk in, if you plant a stick, you can start to create f…” evidence ↗
9 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“A useful resource for educators and students. And I also appreciate this from @emilymbender.bsky.social: "Be a stick in the mud! If you think about our current situation as mired in mud that's hard to walk in, if you plant a stick, you can start to create f…”

“For ideas on how to do that, see: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... /fin”

2 experts discussed this · 16 posts
Emily M. Bender: So many conversations where otherwise serious people throw around the term "AI" without defining it, despite it being notoriously ill-defined. Thinking about why this might be >>
Emily M. Bender: In some cases, no doubt, the speaker fully believes that autonomous thinking machines are among us. (Though I said "otherwise serious people" in the prev post, so.) >>
Emily M. Bender: In other cases, I suspect that people feel like they lack the expertise to call bullshit and are repeating what they hear others say. >>
Open the full discussion →
Established AI field signal Analysis 14d ago
AI usefulness insufficient critique essay

"Useful" is not sufficient

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · tante, Baldur Bjarnason
“"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/” evidence ↗
3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing opportunity & adoption.
Shared emphasis

Opportunity & adoption

2 experts

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/”

3 experts discussed this · 8 posts
tante: "In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/
tante: (Sorry, just a quick note, I'd love to write a longer piece on "useful" because it's such a harmful narrative)
tante: Gotta figure out if I might want to pitch that somewhere or just dump it on the blog ;))
Open the full discussion →