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The speaker predicts that AI will outperform top human experts in all computer-based fields, including tasks that take about three years to complete.
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“In AI,”
“which dominates top human experts across every single field of work that can be done over computer.”
“So not only AI research,”
“but all cognitive work.”
“and not just like short horizon work but like literally if it takes like three years or something the AI will still do better than humans yeah”Play from 1:34:20Report a misattribution
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