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"Strikingly plausible" that models do the work of an AI researcher/engineer by 2027

“I make the following claim: it is strikingly plausible that by 2027, models will be able to do the work of an AI researcher/engineer.”

Leopold AschenbrennerAuthor of "Situational Awareness"; founder of Situational Awareness LP; former OpenAI researcherSaid · Source: situational-awareness.ai

Context: "Situational Awareness", chapter I: From GPT-4 to AGI (June 2024).

How we judge it

Our interpretation: by 31 Dec 2027, AI systems can do the job of a frontier-lab AI researcher/engineer (not just assist), per lab statements and independent evaluations.

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

Said
Resolve by
Due in 449 days
Verdict
Open
Stated probability
None stated
Specificity
2 of 3 (dated, some interpretation)

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