4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The speaker guesses that AI's improved performance on personally valued skills has been the biggest factor in many people's changed views about AI.

Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sep 2026

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“And my guess is that's been the biggest effect where many,”
“many people I think have had sort of their just like intuitive benchmark of like,”
“well,”
“here's like a skill that I really care about and I know maybe pretty well.”
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