2029

Hinton's window opens

Geoffrey Hinton estimated, with low confidence, that systems smarter than humans could emerge in 5 to 20 years. The start of that window falls in 2029.

Forecast: Geoffrey Hinton, 2024. Source: Wikipedia, Artificial general intelligence

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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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