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Daniel Kokotajlo says AI 2027's first goal was to test how well they could predict a future they regarded as highly uncertain and difficult to forecast.
Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“The first goal that Thomas would remember when we were working on it, the first goal was just a purely epistemic goal of the future is crazy and hard to predict.”
“Let's try our best to predict it and let's see how well we can do.”Play from 4:04Report a misattribution
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