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title: "Chapters 1 and 12, the strong form, due 31 August 2028 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
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description: "Chapters 1 and 12, the strong form: due 31 August 2028."
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# Chapters 1 and 12, the strong form

Due 31 August 2028

**The test.** Confirmed only if public evidence shows all three of its conditions, that one model generation does most of the research for the next, that the cycle materially shortens and that the resulting advantage converts into a capability rivals cannot effectively counter. Each condition alone weakens nothing and confirms nothing.

a mixed or partial reading No public evidence yet supports it.

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**Falls due:** 31 August 2028

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