foom
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4ADJ.
dark, distant, faster, soft, unexpected
VERB + FOOM
advocates, signs
FOOM + NOUN
anyone, scenario
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in
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intj
The sound of a muffled explosion.
And FOOM-FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...
Those flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom! Foom! Foom!
noun
A sudden increase in artificial intelligence such that an AI system becomes extremely powerful.
There are some scenarios in which private AI research wouldn't be nationalized: •An unexpected AI foom before anyone realizes what was coming.
Some advocates of this foom scenario say that there is an as-yet-undiscovered but very powerful set of related architectural innovations for AI system design, a set that one team could find first and then keep secret from others for long enough.
verb
To exhibit an AI foom.
The reason an AI can foom so much faster than its society is that an AI can change its basic mental architecture,and humans can’t.
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6And FOOM-FOOM! the two engines burst together into life...
WiktionaryThose flat-trajectory shells would skim straight in, making a roaring sound in the dark: Foom! Foom! Foom!
WiktionaryA soft, distant foom. The lights blinked, then faded. Foom-foom-foom! Explosions, one after another, rocked the tunnel.
WiktionaryThere are some scenarios in which private AI research wouldn't be nationalized: •An unexpected AI foom before anyone realizes what was coming.
WiktionarySome advocates of this foom scenario say that there is an as-yet-undiscovered but very powerful set of related architectural innovations for AI system design, a set that one team could find first and
WiktionaryThough the programs will surely get better, there are no signs of foom.
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