Intelligence explosion gets underway

8.0 significance by Leopold Aschenbrenner Research December 2028

Why does it matter?

An intelligence explosion would mean AI starts accelerating its own development faster than institutions can adapt.

Direct quote

And so by 27/28, the endgame will be on. By 28/29 the intelligence explosion will be underway; by 2030, we will have summoned superintelligence, in all its power and might.

Leopold Aschenbrenner