AlphaGo creator David Silver predicts superintelligence in 3 years
ChrSzegedy · x · 2026-10-14
David Silver, creator of AlphaGo, predicts superintelligence will arrive within 3 years, arguing now is the time to build a "superlearner."
- Silver has a track record: he predicted the computer Go outcome 10 years in advance (to the year), and won internal DeepMind bets on StarCraft, AlphaProof, and IMO timelines.
- He believes progress in compute, simulators, autoresearch, and the tech stack since AlphaGo makes superlearners — systems that discover all knowledge from their own experience, starting from nothing — now possible.
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