Why arguments about AI's progress potential fail to agree
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-20
Matt Clancy published a piece in Asterisk's newsletter discussing whether AI will lead to a century of progress compressed into ten years. The article explores why the abundance of arguing often fails to produce agreement on such questions, despite everyone looking at similar evidence.
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