Comment by Roman V. Yampolskiy

AI safety researcher, Louisville professor
Advanced AI, especially if achieving what many refer to as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), would not be limited by the same temporal and cognitive constraints as humans. Current literature on AI risk often focuses on control problems and rapid FOOM (fast onset of overwhelming mastery) to doom scenarios—where a system quickly self-improves and becomes uncontrollable causing existential risks. Such scenarios emphasize either swift, dramatic adversarial moves or near-instant catastrophic failures. While these remain plausible, they overlook the advantage that long-term strategizing confers upon an immortal digital entity, which can optimize outcomes over spans that humans can scarcely conceive as relevant planning horizons.
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AI Verified Relevant: the quote discusses AGI-level advanced AI, rapid FOOM, quick self-improvement, and resulting uncontrollability; it states those rapid scenarios remain plausible. That directly bears on whether AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence. Source: https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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AI Verified Vote verified as for. Yampolskiy says rapid FOOM and quick self-improvement leading to uncontrollability remain plausible for AGI-level advanced AI, supporting the statement that AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence. The vote author matches the quote author. Source: https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Verified on the Institute of Art and Ideas article dated June 22, 2026: the stored passage appears verbatim and is attributed to Roman Yampolskiy. Source: https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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