2027 AGI forecast maps a 24-month sprint to human-level AI
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Summary
The future of AI has been brought into sharp focus thanks to the publication of the AI 2027 scenario, which has detailed predictions about the pace of development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial super intelligence (ASI).
It is anticipated that AGI, which can match or exceed human capabilities across a wide range of cognitive tasks, will be achieved in 2027, with ASI arriving shortly afterwards.
However, the predictions, which include the destruction of humanity by ASI that is not aligned with human values, are not without their critics, who claim the forecasts are not grounded in proper scientific evidence.
The forecasts are plausible, though, and it is this plausibility that should focus minds on preparing for the possibilities ahead.
With scenarios like the ones presented in AI 2027, we have reached a point where more proactive preparation is needed to ready society for the implications of transformative AI.
These implications are not just limited to the potential loss of jobs, but also to the concept of cognition and what it means to be human.