Sam Altman Declares 2026 'The Year AI Got Smarter Than Us'
Neurogence · reddit · 2026-10-07
Sam Altman says 2026 marks a turning point: "This was the year that AI got smarter than us. That's a big moment." He adds that while life goes on, "something fundamental has changed," and questions once confined to sci-fi—like whether we're "living forever in computers" or curing a bunch of diseases—"are no longer theoretical." A striking framing of the AGI moment from OpenAI's CEO.
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