Debate on Toby Ord's Paper: Does It Model Singular Growth?
dfrsrchtwts · x · 2026-08-29
Discussion suggests that Toby Ord's paper might model super-exponential growth rather than singular growth, questioning if the dynamics he cares about are captured in the paper's dA/dt term.
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