What Ramez Naam thinks about scaling laws

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Author and clean-energy investor who has been publishing dated forecasts of solar, wind, battery and electric-vehicle costs since 2011, and publishing the corrections when they came in low.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Ramez Naam has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 27 Sept 2026, 14:31 UTC

   Our readingGiven current best data, the AI self-improvement loop would need to be roughly 5–10× stronger to sustain itself, let alone run away.

   Their wordsGiven our best current data, the AI self-improvement loop would need to be roughly 5–10× stronger to sustain itself, let alone run away.

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