Counterarguments to the basic AI x-risk case
A blog post by Katja Grace, AI Impacts blog, dated 31 August 2022. The date is the byline's. The page metadata gives 14 October 2022 as article:published_time; a cross-family check (2026-10-31, item 87) did not establish that date as the date of publication.
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- Propositions about superintelligence, 1863–2022 →1 record on this document
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- Fast or hard takeoffGrace's post of 2022 argues that identifying a feedback loop of AI improving AI does not show that the loop is fast, and states that she knows of no strong reason to expect very fast growth in AI capabilities at around human-level performance.2022-08-31 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Fast or hard takeoff: propositions page →
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