Thank you for calling attention to this. It always seems uncontroversial that some things could speed up AGI timelines, yet it is assumed that very little can be done to slow them down. The actual hard part is figuring out what could, in practice, slow down timelines with certainty.
Thank you for calling attention to this. It always seems uncontroversial that some things could speed up AGI timelines, yet it is assumed that very little can be done to slow them down. The actual hard part is figuring out what could, in practice, slow down timelines with certainty.
Finding ways to slow down timelines is exactly why I wrote this post on Foresight for AGI Safety Strategy: Mitigating Risks and Identifying Golden Opportunities.