Sandberg and Fong Debate How to Model Progress

Anders Sandberg and Danielle Fong debated models of progress: Sandberg defended simplified models as trading precision for fewer errors and noted Amdahl's law as a hidden slowdown, while Fong argued over half of progress work is bottlenecked at the interface with human civilization.

2026-11-08 ~ 2026-11-08 · 4 related posts

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