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This [generative AI] may turn out to be the most consequential fact about all of history so far. It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a few thousand days (!); it may take longer, but I’m confident we'll get there.

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Altman's blog post (September 23, 2024)

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Artificial Intelligence

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