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Scott Alexander says that understanding how AI can learn quickly requires deep engagement with the underlying subject matter.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“Makes me really understand these things about how is AI going to learn quickly, you need all of this deep engagement with the underlying territory,”
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