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What is "FOOM"? Is it an acronym? What does it stand for?
Wordnik says "The sound of a muffled explosion." But that doesn't sound right. If AI goes FOOM, the explosion presumably won't be 'muffled'. :-)
It is sometimes used to suggest an extremely rapid AI self-improvement. I don't know where the word originates but I think it is intended as some sort of sound-effect.
The Jargon page says "Onomatopoetic vernacular for an intelligence explosion." I have no idea why isn't something louder-sounding like "BOOM" (or "Boom!!!") instead either.
I suspect it's not loud because of
I think it may suggest a non-violent, non-destructive rapid expansion, like how a shaving foam goes foom :)
FOOM, in the context of LW, is extremely rapid take-off of artificial intelligence.
If an AI can improve itself and the rate at which it improves is itself a function of how good (=smart) it is, the growth of its capabilities will resemble exponential and at some point will rapidly escalate into the superhuman realm. That is FOOM.