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The speaker says current agents adapt through chain-of-thought processes and skill-surface adaptation, essentially using memory systems.
Tim Scarfe · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“I mean, this might be a separate thing, but at the moment they are adaptive through chain of thoughts and, you know, kind of skill surface adaptation.”
“So basically memory systems.”Play from 38:31Report a misattribution
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