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Daniel Kokotajlo's 2023 prediction that the Fable AI system would be intentionally limited is resolving ahead of schedule

The original forecast targeted the first quarter of 2026.

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Adam Karvonen@a_karvonen

Another quite successful prediction by @DKokotajlo : Fable is intentionally nerfed for frontier ML research. This is within ~3 months of Daniel's prediction of Q1 2026 (made in 2023).

Although I don't think Mythos is automating ML research to the same extent as his prediction.

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Daniel Kokotajlo@DKokotajlo

@a_karvonen Thanks! Note that this particular comment wasn't technically a prediction by me, so I shouldn't get that much credit. Iirc it was a hypothetical scenario I took seriously but wasn't my median timeline. At least that's what my fuzzy memory says.

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Adam Karvonen@a_karvonen

Another quite successful prediction by @DKokotajlo : Fable is intentionally nerfed for frontier ML research. This is within ~3 months of Daniel's prediction of Q1 2026 (made in 2023).

Although I don't think Mythos is automating ML research to the same extent as his prediction.

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Theo Jaffee@theojaffee

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo source for the Kokotajlo comment?

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Yong Zheng-Xin@yong_zhengxin

@theojaffee @a_karvonen @DKokotajlo https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/K2D45BNxnZjdpSX2j/ai-timelines

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Eric23332@eric23332

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo Yes, "basically doing all the work itself" is incorrect, Anthropic just said explicitly it doesn't come close to replacing its researchers.

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No@Nox7hhsjj

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo Somebody should put this idea in a book!

Oh wait.

@allTheYud @So8res

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Yong Zheng-Xin@yong_zhengxin

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo It'd be crazy if Q3 is when all the frontier labs declare that we officially enter the era of ASI

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The Tower@TheWhiteTower16

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo ml tasks have not really improved since opus 4.6 iirc so they have probably been stealth nerfing since then, which was q1

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Atenov int.@Atenov_D

@a_karvonen @wrongplace_eth @DKokotajlo DKokotajlo has a good track record with predictions and Fable nerfing is a big signal. His Q1 2026 call is looking more real by the day

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Shantanu@techmeditator

@a_karvonen @DKokotajlo Real respect for him!

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