Total AI investment could exceed $1 trillion a year by 2027.
Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness LP · made June 2024 · target Dec 2027 · Open
total AI investment could be north of $1T annually by 2027.
The prediction
- Who
- Leopold Aschenbrenner, Founder, Situational Awareness LP
- Made
- June 2024
- Target
- Dec 31, 2027 (stated as "by 2027")
- Status
- Openin 15 months
- Source
- Situational Awareness, IIIa. Racing to the Trillion-Dollar Cluster Primary: their own words
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