Dwarkesh: Anthropic insider expects AI to match humans at AI research within 9 months
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-16
Dwarkesh Patel says an Anthropic employee told him two days ago, citing non-public internal information, that they expect AI to match humans at AI research within nine months—and argues labs should make that evidence public. Nathan Calvin (NVCA) notes Anthropic may just be extrapolating, and questions whether the estimate assumes no safety-driven slowdowns.
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