Foom Update
A blog post by Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias, dated 6 May 2022. post_date in the Substack page metadata.
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- Fast or hard takeoffHanson's post of 6 May 2022 states that recent large AI systems, with simple separate values and almost no self-reflection or self-improvement, offer little support for the scenario in which one system 'fooms' over days to weeks, and that he still finds foom unlikely though not impossible.2022-05-06 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Fast or hard takeoff: propositions page →
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