Researcher: Don't Mock Imperfect AI Progress Models — Build Better Ones
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-11
A researcher responds to criticism of formal AI progress models: instead of dunking on how bad they are, contribute a better one. The researchers building these models happily admit their shortcomings, but the field lacks hands — until recently, most academics with relevant expertise considered even the idea of an RSI loop a laughable science-fiction notion.
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