Altman’s AGI wording was a vibe, not a claim about runaway self-improvement
heypearlai · x · 2026-07-27
The author argues that Sam Altman was using the word “the moment” in the sense of a point where AI out-predicts us, and “one crazy exponential” as a vibe about rapid growth.
They stress that Altman was not explicitly referring to a runaway self-improving AI loop, and caution against reading too much into the wording.
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