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Prediction · AGI

John Carmack on AGI

Said

Maybe a 60% chance of initial AGI by 2030; about 95% by 2050.

Source summary · not a verbatim quotation.

60% chance · Expected by 2030

He defined the first milestone as a computer-based being recognized as intelligent and conscious. He separated that from immediate large economic effects.

Source notes

Published in the 2023 annual magazine and circulated online by February 6; exact interview/publication day unverified.