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Comment by David J. Chalmers

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Philosopher of mind, consciousness and AI
If there is AI, then there will be AI+ [...] Soon after we have produced a human-level AI, we will produce an even more intelligent AI.
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AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence
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AI Verified The quote directly links human-level AI (AGI) to the rapid emergence of a more intelligent AI: 'Soon after we have produced a human-level AI, we will produce an even more intelligent AI.' That clearly addresses AGI quickly leading to superintelligence. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote says that 'soon after' producing a 'human-level AI,' 'we will produce an even more intelligent AI,' which clearly supports AGI quickly leading to a more intelligent-than-human system. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the source URL’s transcript of David J. Chalmers’s 2010 paper, The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis, contains the exact wording of both quoted fragments in the same section, and the official PDF on Chalmers’s site matches it; the ANU repository also lists the work as Chalmers, 2010. The ellipsis is faithful, though the source’s second sentence continues with ': an AI+'. ([studyres.com](https://studyres.com/doc/5937178/the-singularity--a-philosophical-analysis)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. David Chalmers's "The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis" (Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2010) contains the "Extension premise": "If there is AI, then there will be AI+ (soon after; absent defeaters)." Chalmers's framework defines AI as human-level and AI+ as greater than human level, with the singularity argument that soon after human-level AI we get more intelligent AI. The full quote with [...] elision correctly summarizes this central premise of his paper. Chalmers is correctly identified. Vote "for" aligns perfectly with the statement "AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence" — this is the core argument of Chalmers's paper. Year 2010 matches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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