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Research suggests the rate at which AI is able to stay 'on task' is doubling every seven months. Is this the AI equivalent of Moore's Law? - Sydney Von Arx works on adversarial stress-testing at METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research.)
AI digest explainer:
https://theaidigest.org/time-horizons
The Paper:
https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/
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