ClaimsDario Amodei

“if you just eyeball the rate at which these capabilities are increasing, it does make you think that we’ll get there by 2026 or 2027.”

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, interviewee 11 November 2024 Transcript for Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity (Lex Fridman Podcast)

Prediction AI timelines and forecasting

Amodei said that eyeballing the rate at which capabilities are increasing, which he called totally unscientific, does make him think 'we'll get there' by 2026 or 2027, and he added that lots of things could derail it.

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Reasoning

deadline 2027 is after 2026-11-04

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Dario Amodei, “Amodei said that eyeballing the rate at which capabilities are increasing, which he called totally unscientific, does make him think 'we'll get there' by 2026 or 2027, and he added that lots of things could derail it.” (said 11 November 2024). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_2bbaa17b3f16, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_2bbaa17b3f16

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