Jolting Technologies

Research & Code Repository

This repository contains the complete implementation of empirical studies supporting the Jolting Technologies Hypothesis.

Components

Monte Carlo Jolt Detection

A simulation framework for evaluating jolt detection algorithms.

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AgentBench Analysis

Application of jolt detection to AI agent capabilities data.

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Governance PID-Lag Model

A toy model simulating governance responses to technological acceleration.

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Getting Started

Clone the repository and follow setup instructions in each component’s README.

git clone https://github.com/davidorban/jolting.git
cd jolting

Citation

@misc{orban2025jolting,
  title={Jolting Technologies: Superexponential Acceleration in AI Capabilities and Implications for AGI},
  author={David Orban},
  year={2025},
  eprint={2507.06398},
  archivePrefix={arXiv},
  primaryClass={cs.AI}
}

Paper available on arXiv.

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