{"id":174821,"date":"2026-01-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:35:11","slug":"leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-possible-destruction-humanity\">Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-possible-destruction-humanity\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-possible-destruction-humanity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-06 01:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Summary of Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Revised AI Timelines:<\/strong> Artificial intelligence expert Daniel Kokotajlo has revised his timeline for AI to code autonomously and reach superintelligence, setting 2034 as the new horizon for this achievement, later than the initial prediction of 2027.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Controversial AI 2027 Scenario:<\/strong> Kokotajlo previously proposed the AI 2027 scenario, predicting unchecked AI development leading to a superintelligence that could destroy humanity. This proposal caused significant debate and varied reactions, including criticism from notable figures like Gary Marcus.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Growing Skepticism:<\/strong> There is growing skepticism regarding the plausibility and immediacy of achieving AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), with experts noting the real-world complexities that slow down progress and questioning the meaningfulness of the AGI term in current contexts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Implications of AI Development:<\/strong> The potential creation of superintelligent AI has raised various concerns, including its implications for global security and integration into existing socio-political systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Current AI R&amp;D Goals:<\/strong> Leading AI firms, like OpenAI, continue to aim for advancing AI to the point where it can perform automated research, though this may still be some time away.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Complex Realities:<\/strong> Experts emphasize that the inertia and complexities of the real world significantly impact the timeline and feasibility of AI reaching superintelligence, suggesting dramatic predictions may overlook these factors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity | AI (artificial intelligence)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/621d2774578bd82f788e889462ab440458846efd\/847_0_4751_3800\/master\/4751.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a329fbc2e6bc9de093b4b7842a2322fa","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,22,20],"class_list":["post-174821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-agi","tag-artificial-general-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174823,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174821\/revisions\/174823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}