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The Recursive Leap: Ryan Greenblatt on Automated AI R&D and Alignment Collapse

Redwood Research Chief Scientist Ryan Greenblatt said on the Dwarkesh Podcast that containerized reinforcement learning could condense five years of AI R&D into twelve months by 2030, but warned that this hyper-acceleration risks leaving humanity with opaque, autonomous AI systems that hold default leverage over society.

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In an epoch-defining conversation on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Redwood Research Chief Scientist Ryan Greenblatt outlines how containerized reinforcement learning could condense five years of AI R&D into twelve months by 2030. However, this hyper-acceleration threatens to leave humanity stranded with opaque, autonomous alien minds that hold default leverage over society.

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