ClaimsScott Alexander

“Metaculus, I think their timeline was like 2050 back in 2020.”

Scott Alexander, podcast guest 3 April 2025 AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo (Dwarkesh Podcast) archived copy

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Scott Alexander said he thought Metaculus's timeline forecast was around 2050 in 2020.

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Scott Alexander, “Scott Alexander said he thought Metaculus's timeline forecast was around 2050 in 2020.” (said 3 April 2025). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_0aa2d228c2bc, method 0.1.0+8bea457b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0aa2d228c2bc

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