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| − | In [[AI takeoff]], '''sudden emergence''' is the hypothesis that AI development will follow a trajectory of mostly inconsequential systems, followed by a sudden jump to extremely capable/[[Transformative AI|transformative]] systems. The term is used in contrast to the [[explosive aftermath]] hypothesis. | + | In [[AI takeoff]], '''sudden emergence''' is the hypothesis that AI development will follow a trajectory of mostly inconsequential systems, followed by a sudden jump to extremely capable/[[Transformative AI|transformative]] systems. Another way to phrase sudden emergence is as "a discontinuity ''to'' (rather than ''from'') AGI". The term is used in contrast to the [[explosive aftermath]] hypothesis. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
The term was coined by [[Ben Garfinkel]] in "[[On Classic Arguments for AI Discontinuities]]".<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lgcBauWyYk774gBwKn8P_h8_wL9vLLiWBr6JMmEd_-I/edit</ref> | The term was coined by [[Ben Garfinkel]] in "[[On Classic Arguments for AI Discontinuities]]".<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lgcBauWyYk774gBwKn8P_h8_wL9vLLiWBr6JMmEd_-I/edit</ref> | ||
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| + | * [[Will there be significant changes to the world prior to some critical AI capability threshold being reached?]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 01:04, 30 October 2020
In AI takeoff, sudden emergence is the hypothesis that AI development will follow a trajectory of mostly inconsequential systems, followed by a sudden jump to extremely capable/transformative systems. Another way to phrase sudden emergence is as "a discontinuity to (rather than from) AGI". The term is used in contrast to the explosive aftermath hypothesis.
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The term was coined by Ben Garfinkel in "On Classic Arguments for AI Discontinuities".[1]
