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On the Brutality of Amdahl's Law
According to the excerpt, LessWrong author bosoncutter, a former theoretical physics researcher, explains why they no longer believe in explosive world transformation from superintelligence, after a three-week Berkeley visit, and promises follow-up pieces against AI safety arguments.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
For researchers
A former physicist writing as bosoncutter disputes the premise that superintelligence would transform the world explosively, a premise much AI safety work assumes.
The question it raises
LessWrong author bosoncutter describes the experience of watching long-standing problems solved in hours, and questions what that implies for how fast everything else changes.
The record
- Questions
- How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading? · What happens when AI helps build more capable AI?
- People
- bosoncutter (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of November 15, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “On the Brutality of Amdahl's Law”, November 15, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-11-15-brutality-of-amdahls-law
Our notesLight lane: excerpt only. The excerpt says the post dances around the disagreement, so its actual argument is not summarised here.