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AI is dramatically accelerating AI research

It illustrates how AI safety researchers model the mechanics of an intelligence explosion, recursive self-improvement, and the thresholds defined in frontier lab safety policies.

Ajeya Cotra writes a speculative future-dated blog post analyzing a fictional November 2026 report from METR regarding AI research acceleration at Anthropic. The scenario explores the implications of AI models doubling the pace of capabilities progress by providing a massive productivity uplift to human researchers.

  • Anthropic
  • METR
  • Ajeya Cotra
  • OpenAI

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