In the 2030s intelligence and energy will become wildly abundant.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
In the 2030s, intelligence and energy [...] are going to become wildly abundant.
- Who
- Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
- Made
- June 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2039 in 13 years (stated as "in the 2030s")
- Status
- Openin 13 years
- Source
- The Gentle Singularity (Sam Altman) Primary: their own words
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OpenAI will have a fully automated AI researcher by 2028.OpenAI will have an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026.2027 may see robots that can do tasks in the real world.2026 will likely see AI systems that can figure out novel insights.By 2035 anyone will command intellectual capacity equal to everyone alive in 2025.In 2025 the first AI agents may join the workforce and materially change the output of companies.Superintelligence could arrive in a few thousand days.
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