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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.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“When it is one smooth process,”
“the smooth process is often a hyperbola that shoots to infinity in weird ways.”Play from 31:47Report a misattribution
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