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LessWrong essay questions AI safety's overhang arguments

LessWrong essay questions AI safety's overhang arguments

A LessWrong post lays out the structure of "overhang arguments" in AI safety — push forward an input today, expect the dangerous progress sooner but future progress slower — and asks whether such arguments have succeeded in other fields.

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