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One possible outcome of the described training is an AI with strong drives for company success, making money, and completing successful tasks, analogous to a startup founder.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“One way it could end is you have an AI that is kind of the equivalent of the startup founder who really wants their company to succeed,”
“really likes making money,”
“really likes the thrill of successful tasks.”Play from 2:06:14Report a misattribution
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