Musk: digital superintelligence 'quite close' — this year or 'next year for sure'
XFreeze · x · 2026-10-08
Elon Musk frames the present as the 'very early stage of the intelligence Big Bang' and argues a multiplanetary species greatly extends the probable lifespan of civilization and intelligence, both biological and digital. He claims digital superintelligence is 'quite close': 'If it doesn't happen this year, next year for sure' — another aggressively optimistic AGI timeline call.
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