Comment by Ajeya Cotra

AI safety researcher; senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy
AI R&D is fully automated in the middle of a year and this kicks off a rapid intelligence explosion that leads to very broadly superhuman AI. AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified Verified. The quote "AI R&D is fully automated in the middle of a year and this kicks off a rapid intelligence explosion that leads to very broadly superhuman AI." is accurately attributed to Ajeya Cotra from her post "AI predictions for 2026" on planned-obsolescence.org. The source_url returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search corroborates this exact text from her post, describing her main pathway to transformative AI. Year (2026) is current. The vote "for" on "AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence" correctly aligns — the quote explicitly describes a rapid intelligence explosion producing broadly superhuman AI. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 12d ago
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