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A system that learns as well as a human, then becomes superhuman: "5 to 20" years

“I think like 5 to 20.”

Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of Safe Superintelligence (SSI); co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAISaid · Source: dwarkesh.com

Context: Dwarkesh Podcast (Nov 25, 2025). Asked for his forecast for "this system … which can learn as well as a human and subsequently, as a result, become superhuman"; Patel: "5 to 20 years?"

How we judge it

Our interpretation: correct if such a system arrives between Nov 2030 and Nov 2045; wrong if before Nov 2030 or not by Nov 2045.

Resolution criteria are our interpretation of the claim, written before grading. Methodology

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Due in 6987 days
Verdict
Open
Stated probability
None stated
Specificity
1 of 3 (vague or hedged)

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