Nothing stops METR time horizons from hitting infinity in finite time, says Toby Ord
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-08-28
Oxford philosopher Toby Ord argues nothing fundamental prevents METR time horizons from going to infinity in finite time. This wouldn't mean completing infinite work — just that from some year on, arbitrarily long tasks of a certain kind would eventually succeed given enough time, i.e. near-100% reliability on a family of somewhat rote engineering tasks.
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