Robots do tasks in the real world

In the essay "The Gentle Singularity", Sam Altman wrote that 2027 may see the arrival of robots that can do tasks in the real world, after systems that make new discoveries in 2026.

Forecast: Sam Altman (OpenAI), 2025. Source: Sam Altman, The Gentle Singularity

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lastday.at tells the story of the machines that gradually took over human work, from ancient Egypt to artificial intelligence, and counts down to the last day of work on Earth: March 20, 2030.

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