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At the time AI 2027 was released, Thomas Larsen expected reality to diverge much more from its scenario than it has to date.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“So at the time we released it, I would have assumed that reality would have”
“It would have diverged much, much further from our scenario than it has already.”Play from 4:53Report a misattribution
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