Toby_Ord

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Swarm Scaling

Toby_Ord21 Sep 2026 20:30 UTC

17 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

The Dynamics of Intelligence Explosions

Toby_Ord28 Aug 2026 9:41 UTC

27 points

0 comments38 min readEA link

(arxiv.org)

Moral Imagination & Effective Altruism

Toby_Ord23 Aug 2026 15:47 UTC

150 points

5 comments6 min readEA link

Broad Timelines

Toby_Ord19 Mar 2026 19:05 UTC

227 points

26 comments16 min readEA link

Are the Costs of AI Agents Also Rising Exponentially?

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:45 UTC

82 points

11 comments8 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Evidence that Recent AI Gains are Mostly from Inference-Scaling

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:45 UTC

23 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

The Scaling Series Discussion Thread: with Toby Ord

Toby Tremlett🔹2 Feb 2026 8:44 UTC

74 points

19 comments1 min readEA link

The Extreme Inefficiency of RL for Frontier Models

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:44 UTC

26 points

0 comments8 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Is there a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents?

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:44 UTC

29 points

1 comment10 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Inference Scaling Reshapes AI Governance

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:44 UTC

39 points

2 comments16 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Inference Scaling and the Log-x Chart

Toby_Ord2 Feb 2026 8:43 UTC

29 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

The Scaling Paradox

Toby_Ord30 Jan 2026 13:34 UTC

51 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

How Well Does RL Scale?

Toby_Ord22 Oct 2025 13:16 UTC

170 points

54 comments7 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Evaluating the Infinite

Toby_Ord25 Sep 2025 11:15 UTC

109 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

The Precipice Revisited

Toby_Ord12 Jul 2024 14:06 UTC

284 points

41 comments17 min readEA link

On the Value of Advancing Progress

Toby_Ord11 Jul 2024 11:20 UTC

127 points

39 comments9 min readEA link

Robust longterm comparisons

Toby_Ord15 May 2024 15:07 UTC

45 points

3 comments7 min readEA link

Shaping Humanity’s Longterm Trajectory

Toby_Ord18 Jul 2023 10:09 UTC

176 points

57 comments2 min readEA link

(files.tobyord.com)

Casting the Decisive Vote

Toby_Ord27 Mar 2023 14:09 UTC

103 points

14 comments9 min readEA link

(www.tobyord.com)

Reflecting on the Last Year — Lessons for EA (opening keynote at EAG)

Toby_Ord24 Mar 2023 15:35 UTC

278 points

16 comments16 min readEA link