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The speaker says that when given a specified task, such as a mathematics problem, an AI model will hill climb toward a solution.
Tim Scarfe · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“you can give it any specified task. So let's say it's a problem in mathematics and it will hill climb towards it.”Play from 42:32Report a misattribution
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