Timeline Lab claim SIU-LDG-2025-005

Altman: 'We are past the event horizon'

In "The Gentle Singularity", OpenAI's chief executive wrote that takeoff has started and that humanity is close to building digital superintelligence.

Sam Altman speaking on stage at TED in a grey sweater
Sam Altman at TED, April 2025. Photo: Steve Jurvetson / CC BY 2.0 · License

The essay makes dated claims that can be checked: agents doing “real cognitive work” in 2025, systems that “can figure out novel insights” in 2026, and robots doing real-world tasks in 2027.

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