50% chance of minimal AGI

Shane Legg, co-founder of Google DeepMind, has kept the same estimate for more than 20 years: a 50% chance of an agent able to do the cognitive tasks typical of most people by 2028.

Forecast: Shane Legg (Google DeepMind), reaffirmed in December 2025. Source: The Decoder

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