[ExI] AI is developing so fast it is becoming hard to measure

[John Clark]

*The SCARIEST chart in AI*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuW0939jtco&t=720s>

* John K Clark*







On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 6:43 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> AI is developing so fast it is becoming hard to measure, experts say
> Results show AI is getting twice as good at the rate of about every
> seven months and experts say the trend is speeding up.
> Rowland Manthorpe   Thursday 26 February 2026
>
> <
> https://news.sky.com/story/ai-is-developing-so-fast-it-is-becoming-hard-to-measure-experts-say-13512068
> >
> Video (8 mins) and text are available.
> Quotes:
> Many in tech compare the situation to the COVID pandemic because of
> the deceptive way doubling turns from apparently small increases to
> monstrous leaps.
>
> "Nothing, nothing, nothing, everything," was how a UK tech
> entrepreneur and AI researcher described the situation to me a few
> months ago, at a time when the METR chart was already looking fairly
> vertiginous (although, in retrospect, it feels as if we were barely
> approaching the foothills).
>
> The progress since then makes many feel like we are rapidly
> approaching "everything".
> --------------------------
>
> Brace for impact!  :)
> BillK
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