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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'. :-)
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.