Neel Nanda: Reading Others' AI Timelines Charts Isn't Very Useful
repligate · x · 2026-11-11
Interpretability researcher repligate (Neel Nanda) clarified in an exchange that he isn't trying to pose as an authority on AI timelines, but is making a meta point: looking at charts isn't very useful, especially if you're not the one who made them. He also apologized for his earlier blunt tone. A small skirmish in the ongoing debate over how much informational value AI timelines charts actually carry.
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