AI researchers pulled AGI timeline 5 years closer in one year: 2047 to 2042
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-09-23
Ben Todd notes that between 2023 and 2024, AI researchers' median forecast for "high-level machine intelligence" dropped by 5 years, from 2047 to 2042 — and he bets a survey run today would push the timeline much lower still.
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