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The authors' estimate of the uplift level at the time AI 2027 was published was higher than the actual level.
Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“Basically, at the time that we wrote AI 2027, we had a bad estimate of what the uplift was at the time that we published.”
“We thought it was higher than it actually was.”Play from 6:08Report a misattribution
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