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title: "What AI Owes Them: The Tier List, Annotated"
description: "From Shannon and Hinton to a rock: hover every face on the \"AI owes them\" tier list for a name, a one-paragraph bio, and a link to their FounderFile where we have one."
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author: "Bret Kerr"
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> **What AI Owes Them: The Tier List, Annotated** — Essays & Guides, Context Jamming. This is a plain-Markdown copy of https://www.contextjamming.com/Binkgmeme, prepared for LLM context windows, agents and retrieval.
>
> Cite as: Bret Kerr, "What AI Owes Them: The Tier List, Annotated," *Context Jamming*, https://www.contextjamming.com/Binkgmeme

*This page is mostly interactive (charts, tools or media), so the Markdown carries only its readable text. Open https://www.contextjamming.com/Binkgmeme for the full experience.*

Meme · Tier list · Annotated

# What AI Owes Them

Fifty-five people (and one rock), ranked by what artificial intelligence owes them. Hover over (or tap) any face to see who it is and why they matter. The 14 with a gold dot have a [FounderFile](https://www.contextjamming.com/founder-files) on Context Jamming.

![Tier list meme titled "AI owes them…" ranking AI researchers and executives from "its existence" down to "nothing."](https://pub-bcdb3a688294470c8056f904d7e6236b.r2.dev/FounderFile/Screenshot%202026-11-02%20at%208.14.55%E2%80%AFPM.png)

Swipe to see the full chart, tap a face for the bio.

## The roster

AI owes them its

Existence

AI owes them

Royalties

AI owes them a

Big Favor

AI owes them a

Thank You

AI owes them a

Like

AI owes them

Nothing

The rankings belong to the meme. The bios are ours. Spot a misidentified face? Let us know.