What would still surprise AI insiders? A drug beating calorie restriction, maybe
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-09-09
Replying to a take that AI progress is "all priced in" and nothing short of physics jailbreaks (free energy, new causally connected universes) would surprise anymore, QuintinPope offers one candidate: a drug that reliably extends mouse lifespan beyond what calorie restriction achieves.
The exchange captures how inflated expectations of AI-accelerated science have become — even beating a known biological ceiling is treated as merely plausible next news.
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