AI 2040’s Plan A says superintelligence should be delayed until 2040 under a global deal
eli_lifland · x · 2026-07-29
The AI 2040: Plan A scenario proposes a positive alternative to a superintelligence race.
- The authors argue that current AI competition could end in extinction or irreversible concentration of power.
- Their preferred future is to delay superintelligence until 2040, make AI research public, and let many companies worldwide catch up to the frontier.
- The plan depends on an international deal that creates total research transparency and enforceable guardrails, so multiple countries can scale slowly and safely together.
- The piece says this is a policy recommendation, not a prediction, and contrasts Plan A with four other scenarios.
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