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Will AI undergo discontinuous progress?

📅 2020
public awareness
🔵 Rare
#ai #ai takeoff #world modeling

📖 Description

This post grew out of conversations with several people, including [Daniel Kokotajlo](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/daniel-kokotajlo), [grue\_slinky](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/grue_slinky) and [Linda Lisefors](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/linda-linsefors), and is based in large part on a collection of scattered comments and blog-posts across lesswrong, along with some podcast interviews - e.g. [here](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CjW4axQDqLd2oDCGG/misconceptions-about-continuous-takeoff?commentId=YPodaAtRhN4qJefxb). The in-text links near quotes will take you to my sources.

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Variable Change Condition
Research +10 Always
Vibey Doom +5 Always
Ethics Risk -5 Always

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"Important work advancing our understanding of AI safety"
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"Discussed in AI safety community"
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