Timothy B. Lee on We should adopt AI 2040 Plan A

Timothy B. Lee

Technology journalist and writer of the Understanding AI newsletter.

I struggle with what to say about the new AI 2040: Plan A website. It all seems so implausible to me that I’m not sure where to start.

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We should adopt AI 2040 Plan A

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AI Verified The sourced Timothy B. Lee quote directly evaluates AI 2040 Plan A or its implementation and signals a stance on adopting it. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim and attributed to Timothy B. Lee in Zvi Mowshowitz, “Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A” (LessWrong, 2026-07-11). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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