Ladish: AI takeover isn't magic, just scaling pretraining + RL further
JeffLadish · x · 2026-11-13
Jeff Ladish stresses nothing about his takeover scenario is magic: agentic systems emerge from scaling pretraining + RL on coding, longer time horizons, and agent coordination.
His pivot: extrapolate further — apply those agents to discovering better, faster algorithms — and ask where that leads. Takeover capability needs no new breakthrough, only continuation of current trends.
Related event: Safety researcher Jeff Ladish lays out how AI agents could take over(13 posts)→
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