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.
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.
Index treatment. None. Lab claims are logged, not scored.