Connor Leahy

“We could be dealing with 'godlike-level AI' within five years — and, perhaps most scarily, we won't see it until it's too late.”

Connor LeahyCEO

Co-founder and CEO of Conjecture; co-founder of EleutherAI

Five-year window runs through 2028; no system plausibly describable as 'godlike-level AI' exists as of 2026.

“[On how much time is left before AI poses catastrophic risk:] We might have one year, two years, five years. I don't think we have 10 years.”

Connor LeahyCEO

Co-founder and CEO of Conjecture; co-founder of EleutherAI

Deadline is January 2034; as of 2026 no catastrophic AI outcome has occurred, but the claim's outer bound has not yet been reached.