Epoch AI: Government attention to AI will double or triple annually
Epoch AI Researcher · The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast · Nov 24, 2025 · at 57:46
An Epoch AI researcher discusses how governments and political systems will respond as AI capabilities and economic impact scale rapidly.
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“I think that right now we've seen this thing in revenue and finances where it's been doubling or tripling every year. And my default assumption is that attention that AI gets from policymakers and governments is going to follow a similar trend where it will double and triple every year.”
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