Data Bottlenecks Won't Stop an Intelligence Explosion

One of the most important questions facing the world is whether AI will undergo a fast intelligence explosion and quickly automate most real-world work. A common argument against a fast intelligence explosion is data bottlenecks: data is a crucial input to AI training, and how could it increase fast enough to fuel such explosive progress? This paper attempts to identify strong data bottlenecks, but we’re ultimately sceptical that any such bottlenecks would stop an intelligence explosion from accelerating.