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The speaker believes the AGI hypothesis is correct and that Washington has not yet accepted or understood its implications.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“were true right like the whole AGI hypothesis just like is correct and I think DC basically just like hasn't come to grips with that and so basically almost all of the discourse that's happening there I think is just like fundamentally anchored on completely wrong assumptions about how the technology works in particular the assumption that like it's like mostly fake news and it's all a bubble”Play from 1:21:22Report a misattribution
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