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Daniel Kokotajlo says algorithmic progress already doubles roughly every year and could plausibly contribute to gains associated with compute.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“Algorithmic progress already doubles like every year or so,”
“so it's not insane to think that algorithmic progress can contribute to these compute things.”Play from 30:06Report a misattribution
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