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Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Human Performance in All Fields by 2028
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Firstpost•23-09-2026, 10:11
Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Surpass Human Performance in All Fields by 2028
- •Elon Musk forecasts AI will outperform humans across all fields by late 2027 or 2028 at the latest, calling an earlier 10-20 year prediction "conservative."
- •Musk's prediction comes amidst an ongoing debate within the AI industry regarding the pace of development versus safety measures.
- •Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocates for slower AI advancement to allow time for safety testing and security, a stance Musk publicly supported.
- •Amodei warned of potential economic damage from autonomous AI agents spreading persistent bots across the internet within 6-12 months.
- •US President Donald Trump rejected international AI constraints, emphasizing continued technological development over broad regulation, contrasting with industry safety concerns.
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Elon Musk predicted that artificial intelligence could beat all fields by the end of next year or by 2028 at the latest, describing an earlier 10-to-20-year forecast by François Chollet as conservative.
US President Donald Trump rejected new international restrictions on artificial intelligence during his UN General Assembly address, stating that he would not stifle the growth of a sector bigger than the Industrial Revolution.
Dario Amodei called for pacing AI development to allow safety testing time to catch up, proposing a framework where independent third-party evaluators receive extensive access to advanced models.
