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The forecast expects AI agents initially to assist with some AI research but not yet perform that research independently.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“The agents become good enough to help with at the beginning not really do but help with some of the AI research.”Play from 7:51Report a misattribution
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