Roon: software-only intelligence explosion is 'possible and very likely'
ryunuck · x · 2026-10-13
Roon claims a software-only intelligence explosion is possible and very likely — algorithmic progress vastly outstrips humanity's compute buildout and is self-accelerating. ryunuck reads the two-part sequence (venting about a misaligned model, then this) as describing his own "Q" thesis.
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