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AI capability should be increased gradually toward the maximum reliably controllable level to avoid overshooting that level and losing control.
Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“but it's a bit more nuanced than that it's more like pause at the maximum level that you can reliably control which we think would be roughly around top human expert level and before you get to that level don't race like crazy like you want to be sort of like slowly approaching that level”
“So that you don't blow past it and lose control.”Play from 59:46Report a misattribution
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