Anthropic's Tom Brown: AI Could Be a 'Once-in-a-Generation Scientist' Within 12 Months
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-02
At the G20 Summit, Anthropic's Tom Brown predicted that within the next 12 months, AI could become a once-in-a-generation scientist in key scientific fields. The remark, shared by kimmonismus, directly rebuts claims that AI progress is slowing or has peaked — "we barely started," he writes. A notable timeline-style judgment from one of the field's most credible researchers.
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