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The R&D progress multiplier measures how many months of progress AI assistance yields relative to one month of progress without AI assistance.

Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025

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“So how many months of progress?”
“Without the AIs, you get in one month of progress with all of these new AIs helping with the intelligence explosion.”
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