Prediction ledger · Capability
Ray Kurzweil
Futurist and author · 2002
A machine will pass a rigorous Turing test by 2029. He staked $20,000 on it against Mitch Kapor in a formal Long Bet, and restated the date in 2024.
- Verdict
- Still openNot yet due
- Said
- 2002
- Date it named
- Dec 31, 2029
- Due in about 39 months
What happened
Not yet due. The bet's long, formal interviews have not been held.
How it's judged
Settled under the Long Bet's own Turing test protocol by the end of 2029.
The lesson
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Mark Zuckerberg
CEO, Meta · Jan 10, 2025
In 2025, Meta and other companies would probably have an AI that can effectively work as a midlevel engineer who writes code (paraphrased from the Joe Rogan Experience #2255).
Coding agents took on more routine engineering work, but Meta's next step was to set targets for how much code its engineers produce with AI, not to replace midlevel engineers.
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Jensen Huang
CEO, Nvidia · Mar 19, 2024
“If we specified AGI to be something very specific, a set of tests where a software program can do very well — or maybe 8% better than most people — I believe we will get there within 5 years.”
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Leopold Aschenbrenner
Former OpenAI researcher, author of Situational Awareness · 2024
“AGI by 2027 is strikingly plausible.”
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