Predictionsby GlyphAI will exceed the combined intelligence of all humans in about five or six years.
Elon Musk, xAI
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I think maybe in five or six years, AI will exceed the sum of all human intelligence.
- Who
- Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla
- Made
- Feb 5, 2026 9 months ago
- Target
- Feb 5, 2032 in 5 years (stated as "in five or six years")
- Status
- Openin 5 years
- Source
- Dwarkesh Podcast: Elon Musk, In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space Secondary: a report of what they said
- Topics
- AGI
More from Elon Musk
China will make compelling AI chips within three or four years.Digital human emulation, AI that can do any job done at a computer, will be solved by the end of 2026.Within 36 months space will be the most economically compelling place to run AI.Within five years more AI compute will be launched to space each year than exists on Earth in total.Tesla will not reach significant Optimus production volume until about the end of 2026.Tesla will have more than one million robotaxis on the road the following year.
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