By the end of the conversation, the speaker was more inclined to believe significant acceleration of AI R&D could occur, but remained unsure about the claim that five years of progress could happen in one year.

“that at the end of this conversation i buy the reward hacking up to extremely destructive effects on society basically things like the social engineering and blah blah blah um i think i'm more inclined to think that significant acceleration of ai r&d can happen i'm not sure i buy the five years in one year i also am more inclined now to think”