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An AI system can converge toward a solution when the problem is specified sufficiently, according to the speaker.
Tim Scarfe · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“So there's an interesting thing in optimization where if you have enough of a specification,”
“the AI system can actually converge towards the solution.”Play from 26:23Report a misattribution
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