“I don't know exactly when it'll come, I don't know if it'll be 2027. I think it's plausible it could be longer than that. I don't think it will be a whole bunch longer than that when AI systems are better than humans at almost everything. Better than almost all humans at almost everything. And then eventually better than all humans at everything, even robotics.”
Said Jan 21, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2027Wall Street Journal interview at Journal House, World Economic Forum, Davos (21 January 2025), as reported by Ars Technica, 22 January 2025
Target year 2027 has not yet arrived; Amodei hedged that it could be 'plausibly longer,' so resolution should focus on whether AI systems are better than almost all humans at almost everything by end of 2027.