What Paul Christiano thinks about innovation

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AI alignment researcher. Led the alignment team at OpenAI, founded the Alignment Research Center, and wrote the case for a continuous rather than explosive path to advanced AI at The Sideways View.

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1. 24 Feb 2018

   Our readingTechnologies are almost always preceded by slightly worse versions of themselves, and there is no reason for AI to be the exception.

   Their wordsThings are usually preceded by worse versions, even in cases where there are weak reasons to expect a discontinuous jump.

   ↗Takeoff speedssideways-view.com 5th of 6 in this piece