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Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever on AI exceeding expert skill.

“it's conceivable that within the next ten years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains”

  • 2033the year it names
  • May 22, 2023when it was said
  • Still to comeopen
The prediction

What was said.

Quoted word for word from the source and dated. Where a span such as “three to five years” was given, the years are our arithmetic from the day it was said. Checked Oct 19, 2026.

Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever · OpenAI CEO, president and then chief scientist
“it's conceivable that within the next ten years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains”
OpenAI blog post “Governance of superintelligence”, May 22, 2023 · company-reported
Who
Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Ilya SutskeverOpenAI CEO, president and then chief scientist · US
Said
May 22, 2023
About
AI exceeding expert skill (in a post on superintelligence)
For when
by about 2033
Where it stands
Open
Kind of source
company-reported
What was measured

Nothing to check yet.

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Our note: The 2033 year is our arithmetic.

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