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The speaker expects skills learned on small-scale AI R&D tasks to transfer to highly consequential aspects of AI R&D.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“and then the AIs could, you know, keep getting better at this. And then implicitly I'm claiming this will transfer to...”
“to extremely load-bearing aspects of AR&D, but maybe let's stop there for a second and then we can get to that”Play from 5:35Report a misattribution
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