METR proposes analyzing how much AI automation of AI research and development is accelerating capability growth internally. It warns that if AI automates AI R&D, capability growth could outpace existing alignment and control methods.
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(3) AI R&D acceleration
If AI automates AI R&D, capability growth could outpace what alignment and control methods can handle.
Our proposal is to analyze how much AI automation is accelerating capability growth internally.
https://metr.org/blog/2026-10-14-ai-rd-acceleration-assessment-proposal/
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