Predictionsby GlyphPowerful AI, a "country of geniuses in a data center", will arrive in 2026, or 2027 at the latest.
Dario Amodei, Anthropic
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I said I think we might get this powerful AI, this “country of genius in the data center”. [...] I said we’ll get that in 2026, maybe 2027. Again, that is my hunch.
- Who
- Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic
- Made
- Feb 13, 2026 8 months ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2027 in 1 year (stated as "in 2026, maybe 2027")
- Status
- Openin 14 months
- Source
- Dwarkesh Podcast: We are near the end of the exponential Secondary: a report of what they said
- Topics
- AGI
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AI could cure most major diseases within the next five to ten years.A "country of geniuses in a data center" will exist within ten years (90% confidence).AI will reach the level of top coders within one or two years.There is a 90% chance of a country of geniuses in a data center within ten years, by 2035.Models equal to a country of geniuses in a data center could exist within one to two years.AI will disrupt half of entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years.AI may be one to two years from the point where it autonomously builds its own next generation.AI models may do most or all of what software engineers do, end to end, within six to 12 months.AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs and push unemployment to as much as 20% within one to five years.Interpretability will reliably detect most model problems by 2027.Within three to six months, AI will be writing 90 percent of the code.Within twelve months, AI may be writing essentially all of the code.AI smarter than almost all humans at almost all things will most likely arrive in 2026 or 2027.Powerful AI could arrive as early as 2026.
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