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Andrew Trask Defines Taste Trust And Rare Data As AI Moats

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⿻ Andrew Trask@iamtrask#357inAI

taste, trust, and rare data

- taste: your unique definition of good - trust: when you don't have time to specify your taste... who you trust to specify taste for you - rare data: stuff that a model can't know based on public knowledge

(taste and trust are also special cases of rare data)

11:18 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 1.4K Views
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Some users dismissed Andrew Trask's claims about taste, trust, and rare data as AI moats because they overcomplicate basic recommendation algorithms.

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TLDR: taste is not the only moat... rare data is

taste, trust, and rare data

- taste: your unique definition of good - trust: when you don't have time to specify your taste... who you trust to specify taste for you - rare data: stuff that a model can't know based on public knowledge

(taste and trust are also special cases of rare data)

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Emil Sotirov@sotirov

@iamtrask Generalizing a bit – the 3 elements above = context (which at "low" levels and "narrow" scopes we call "local") – as generator/owner of meaning...

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Strata@ChainZenit

@iamtrask Another day, another attempt to overcomplicate basic recommendation algorithms.

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Invincible@InvincibleEdge

@iamtrask rare data is the only one that doesnt rely on another person

unless ur model has a favorite curator

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Blissy@BlissyOnX

@iamtrask so rare data is basically paying for signal decay that algorithms skip? feels like thats the hard part

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Rugbist@rugbist_

@iamtrask the rare data part always gets me

who actually has it vs who says they do is the real filter?

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Reeve@reevefomo

@iamtrask seeing it spelled out like this makes me wonder if rare data is just taste you cant explain yet

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