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Hanson’s 1994 article discusses a sharp transition once uploads arrive. Copy claim link
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Date 1994 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element A sharp upload transition is discussed, but no period of hours to months from human level to far superhuman AI. Scope and limits About uploads; no takeoff period.
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Extropy, no. 13 (scan), "If Uploads Come First" ↗ Extropy · 1994
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Paraphrase The article discusses how sudden the transition could be once uploading becomes possible, without a period from human level to far superhuman AI.
Location in source Printed pp. 12–14 (PDF pages 10–12)
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Source details and check notes Authors Robin Hanson Version Photographic scan of the issue; printed pp. 10–15 (PDF pages 8–13) read by the pre-1996 candidate search and a machine check, which confirmed the copyright header and footers. Copy hosted at diyhpl.us. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Robin Hanson, "If Uploads Come First", Extropy 13 (1994). Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata and labelled paraphrases only: the inspected scan is a third-party copy whose permission to host is not established. Phrases in quotation marks inside a paraphrase identify the source's wording. Check notes Paraphrase from the pre-1996 candidate search. 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. Third quarter 1994 on the printed footers; the issue’s contents page says September 1994.
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