Extrapolating a 25% speedup puts fully automated AI researchers by August 2027
deredleritt3r · x · 2026-09-05
In a timeline discussion, a user offers a less conservative methodology: if the "AI intern" took 9 months to develop instead of the planned 12 (25% time saved), the 18-month gap between intern and full researcher should shrink to 14 months. That implies fully automated AI researchers arrive no later than August 2027 — versus later estimates under the original schedule.
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