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In models where development is one smooth process, Daniel Kokotajlo says it is often represented by a hyperbola that tends toward infinity in unusual ways.
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“When it is one smooth process,”
“the smooth process is often a hyperbola that shoots to infinity in weird ways.”31:47Report a misattribution
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