Something has changed: AI labs now openly hint at imminent AGI timelines
binarybits · x · 2026-10-16
Discussion noting that labs have always been reticent about claiming imminent AGI/ASI timelines, offering only vague "just you wait" portents. But Dario Amodei's year-old prediction that 90% of code would be written by Claude marks a shift — true or not, labs are now openly making imminent-timeline claims.
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