Toby Ord clarifies: small delays still allow growth to climb far before biting
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-11-10
Clarifying his delayed differential equation argument, Toby Ord notes growth can't explode to infinity in finite time when the feedback-loop delay doesn't shrink to zero — but with a small enough delay and impressive enough compounding, growth can still go a long way up before the delay bites.
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