Sam Altman

By 2030, AI models will be extraordinarily capable and able to do things humans themselves cannot do.

“by the end of this decade, by 2030, if we don't have extraordinarily capable models that do things that we ourselves cannot do, I'd be very surprised”

Said on

25 September 2025 · Interview with Die Welt / Axel Springer Global Reporters Network in Berlin on receiving the Axel Springer Award; quoted by Fortune and Politico (published Sept 25-26, 2025).

Source

Sam Altman on superintelligence by 2030 · Fortune

Should come true

2030

How sure they sounded

"I'd be very surprised" if not

Categories

AI

Importance

5 of 5 · AI exceeding human capability is framed as the threshold of superintelligence, a civilization-scale change.

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