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Altman says AI takeoff has begun through recursive research and infrastructure flywheels

Altman wrote that AI takeoff had begun, describing AI-assisted AI research as an early recursive-improvement loop and forecasting infrastructure and robotics flywheels alongside the disappearance of entire job classes.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM45confidence 62/100

Why it moved the index

The first-person essay adds a concrete recursive research and infrastructure mechanism to the acceleration pathway. Its stronger future capability and labor claims are forecasts, not completed events.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 45 · confidence 62

    Adds a distinct June 2025 acceleration mechanism rather than another version of the February labor forecast.

    14 Aug 2026
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