METR's Claim of 2x Acceleration at Anthropic Fuels Near-Term Intelligence Explosion Fears
kevinroose · x · 2026-11-14
NYT's Kevin Roose reflects on the METR report claiming roughly 2x internal R&D acceleration at Anthropic. Despite redacted details and his own skepticism, credible figures like Paul Christiano and Daniel Kokotajlo have grown notably more worried about a near-term intelligence explosion — possibly within a year — where AI capabilities surge beyond expert-human levels. Discussed on the Machine Gods podcast.
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