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Christiano’s post of 2019-03-17 says the problems are worse in worlds where progress is relatively fast and that fast takeoff can be a key risk factor, but that the basic problems are the same even over several years. Copy claim link
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Date 2019-03-17 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element Fast takeoff is treated as a risk factor; the post does not assert that the transition will be fast. Scope and limits Loosens the link between the two groups rather than asserting fast takeoff.
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What failure looks like ↗ Alignment Forum and LessWrong · 2019-03-17
Archived copy, captured 2019-06-08: What failure looks like ↗
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Source excerpt “These problems are worse in worlds where progress is relatively fast, and fast takeoff can be a key risk factor, but I'm scared even if we have several years. [...] I think the basic problems are still essentially the same though” Location in source Introduction, second paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Paul Christiano Version Text checked in the post’s first stored version through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2019-06-08: What failure looks like ↗ . Captured 83 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2019-06-08. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Paul Christiano, "What failure looks like", Alignment Forum and LessWrong, 2019-03-17. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Checked against the first stored version on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Posting time 2019-03-17T20:18:59Z; the current version is 1.5.0, and the quotes match the first stored version and the capture of 2019-06-08.
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