[g42gregory]

We were told by some very brilliant people (Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and to a lesser extent Demis Hassabis), that AI will shortly automate much of Research and we won't need that many researchers anymore.

Therefore, these personnel restrictions shouldn't matter, right?

[tim333]

I think they are hoping for a speedup more than less researchers.

[g42gregory]

No, they were pretty clear that researchers will get replaced. By the AGI in the year no other than 2026.