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Essays on compositionality

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Jul 8, 2025ACX

Now I Really Won That AI Bet

Scott Alexander shows how he won his 2022 bet about AI image generation capabilities, tracking the progress from early failures to complete success in 2025, using this to argue against AI skeptics.

21 min read 3,168 words

AI art AI capabilities AI criticism

Sep 12, 2022ACX

I Won My Three Year AI Progress Bet In Three Months

Scott Alexander won his three-year bet on AI progress in image generation compositionality within three months, demonstrating unexpectedly rapid AI advancement.

10 min read 1,502 words

AI AI progress betting