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AI 2040: Plan A [thread]

The team behind AI 2027 released a new scenario called AI 2040: Plan A, offering a positive vision for navigating the creation of super-intelligence. The named authors include Thomas Larsen, Romeo Dean, Brendan Halstead, Eli Lifland, Ryan Greenblatt, and Daniel Kokotajlo.

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AI 2040: Plan A* *is the new scenario from the team behind AI 2027 [1]. Instead of a straightforward prediction of the future, it provides a best guess positive vision for how humanity should navigate the creation of super-intelligence.

I've only read a bit of it, so I'm not sharing any takes yet. I'm posting this so that there is a place on the EA Forum to discuss the essay/micro-site/project as we read it.

Specifically, the named authors are: Thomas Larsen, Romeo Dean, Brendan Halstead, Eli Lifland, Ryan Greenblatt, Daniel Kokotajlo

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