OpenAI CEO Claims Path to AGI Is Solved, Shifts Focus to Superintelligence
Sam Altman states that OpenAI knows how to build artificial general intelligence and is now setting its sights on superintelligence. He also predicts that autonomous AI agents will enter the workforce and change company outputs in 2025.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announces that his company knows how to build artificial general intelligence, traditionally defined as a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work. He reveals that OpenAI is now turning its attention to the even more advanced concept of superintelligence. This bold claim highlights the rapid pace of AI development at the company behind ChatGPT.
Altman predicts that 2025 brings the first AI agents into the workforce, where these autonomous systems perform specific tasks without human intervention for days at a time. He expects these agents to materially change the output of companies. Industry peers like Elon Musk and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei share similar timelines, suggesting AI could outsmart humans by 2026 or 2027.
Despite Altman's confidence, other tech leaders express deep skepticism about these bold claims. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that categorical declarations about achieving AGI on current hardware feel ungrounded due to massive uncertainties and ongoing robotics challenges. Prominent commentator Gary Marcus also pushes back, firmly disagreeing that AGI is basically a solved problem.