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The AI Futures Project’s “AI 2027” paints a detailed and unsettling forecast for the arrival of artificial superintelligence by the end of the decade. Co-authored by AI forecasters - including ex-OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander, and others. It presents two diverging scenario pathways, “Race” and “Slowdown”, each rooted in plausible technological, geopolitical, and institutional dynamics that could redefine civilization itself.

 

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Daniel Pereira

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Daniel Pereira

Daniel Pereira is research director at OODA. He is a foresight strategist, creative technologist, and an information communication technology (ICT) and digital media researcher with 20+ years of experience directing public/private partnerships and strategic innovation initiatives.