The US vice-president, JD Vance, appeared to reference AI 2027 in an interview last May when discussing the US’s artificial intelligence arms race with China. Timelines for transformative artificial intelligence — sometimes called AGI (artificial general intelligence), or AI capable of replacing humans at most cognitive tasks — have become a fixture in communities devoted to AI safety. “For a scenario like AI 2027 to happen, [AI] would need a lot of more practical skills that are useful in real-world complexities. “Things seem to be going somewhat slower than the AI 2027 scenario. Creating AIs that can do AI research is still firmly an aim of leading AI companies.
