Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026
According to Elon Musk, AI will likely surpass the intelligence of the most intellectual human by the coming year or 2026.
Elon Musk's prediction came as part of a comprehensive discussion on X spaces, a platform that experienced several technical difficulties. In his conversation with Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norway wealth fund, Musk noted that AI's growth is limited by the access to electricity. He also revealed that the upcoming version of Grok, an AI chatbot from his startup xAI, is set for training by May.
"If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as smarter than the smartest human, I think it's probably next year, within two years," Musk stated when asked about the timeline for AGI's development.
Musk, who is also a co-founder of OpenAI, indicated that a shortage of sop...