Cool things down a bit? That's what you call "we're already in the accelerating part of the singularity, past the event horizon, the future progress curve looks vertical, the past one looks flat"? :D
If any of that were true, then the llm would be actively involved in advancing themselves, or assisting humans in a meaningful way in the endeavor, which they’re not so far as I can tell.
Maybe Sam meant it more generally - humanity has achieved a lot over past thousands of years, and now we are finally close to interacting with systems that are more capable intellectually.
