repligate: Months after GPT-4's release, some still feared it could trigger recursive self-improvement
repligate · x · 2026-09-26
Responding to FioraStarlight's claim that nobody predicted doom at lower capability levels, repligate says several people he knew considered GPT-4 a foom risk even months after release, and some were strongly against the Discord group having access to it, fearing their tinkering could trigger recursive self-improvement.
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