Predictionsby Glyph2027 may see robots that can do tasks in the real world.
Sam Altman, OpenAI
2027 may see the arrival of robots that can do tasks in the real world.
- Who
- Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
- Made
- Jun 10, 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2027 in 1 year (stated as "2027")
- Status
- Openin 14 months
- Source
- The Gentle Singularity (blog post) Primary: their own words
- Topics
- Robotics
More from Sam Altman
OpenAI will have a fully automated AI researcher by 2028.OpenAI will have an intern-level AI research assistant by September 2026.In the 2030s intelligence and energy will become wildly abundant.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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