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I do not think this will happen. I don’t think that automating AI R&D will rapidly produce domain-general superintelligence. I don’t think that a data centre of geniuses, largely separated from the rest of the economy, will figure out how to cure Alzheimer’s, design mosquito-sized killer drones, or manage a Fortune 500 company.
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Tom Reed, “Why the intelligence explosion can’t happen inside a data centre,” 80,000 Hours, September 10, 2026.
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AI Verified Quote explicitly denies that automated AI R&D will rapidly yield domain-general superintelligence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago
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AI Verified Quote explicitly rejects rapid superintelligence from automated AI R&D. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified 80,000 Hours transcript attributes this exact September 10 passage to Tom Reed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago
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