Joe Rogan Experience #2551 - Daniel Kokotajlo · Aired Sep 9, 2026
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It is plausible that superintelligent AI will be developed in 2027.
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Calling a 2027 superintelligence timeline plausible is defensible since some credible researchers do assign it real probability, but stating it flat sidesteps how contested that view is. Even the AI Futures Project team behind the AI 2027 report, which Kokotajlo co-authored, has since pushed its own median timeline for these breakthroughs back to the early 2030s, citing slower than expected progress. Presenting 2027 as a live possibility without noting that shift frames a minority view as more settled than it is.
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Is it true that it is plausible that superintelligent AI will be developed in 2027?
It leaves out the other side. Calling a 2027 superintelligence timeline plausible is defensible since some credible researchers do assign it real probability, but stating it flat sidesteps how contested that view is. Daniel Kokotajlo said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2551 - Daniel Kokotajlo, aired Sep 9, 2026, at 1:24:06. The supporting source is blog.aifutures.org, linked below.
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