We predict superhuman AI's impact over the next decade will exceed the Industrial Revolution. This scenario represents our best guess about what that might look like.
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by Bruce Brown
AI Industry Leaders Predict AGI by 2027
OpenAI's Vision
Sam Altman sets sights on "superintelligence in the true sense" and the "glorious future."
Industry Consensus
CEOs of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic all predict AGI within 5 years.
Concrete Predictions
We wrote AI 2027 to be as specific and quantitative as possible about this future.
Mid 2025: First Glimpse of AI Agents
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Personal Assistants
Order burritos, manage spreadsheets, check in with users for confirmations.
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Coding Agents
Take instructions via Slack, make substantial code changes autonomously.
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Research Agents
Spend 30 minutes scouring internet to answer complex questions.
Late 2025: Massive Datacenter Expansion
OpenBrain builds the biggest datacenters ever seen. Agent-1 will use 1000x more compute than GPT-4, focusing on AI research automation.
Early 2026: AI Accelerates Research
50%
Faster Progress
OpenBrain makes algorithmic progress 50% faster with AI assistants
1.5x
Research Multiplier
AI R&D progress multiplier compared to human-only research
SL3
Security Level
Protection against top cybercrime syndicates and insider threats
Agent-1 transforms AI research itself. OpenBrain focuses on automating their R&D cycle to win the arms race against China and US competitors.
Mid 2026: China's Strategic Response
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Centralized Development Zone
Created at Tianwan Power Plant with mega-datacenter
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DeepCent-Led Collective
Merging best researchers, sharing insights and compute
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Nationalized AI Research
Information-sharing mechanism for all AI companies
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Government Commitment
General Secretary finally commits to big AI push
Late 2026: AI Transforms the Job Market
Market Impact
Stock market up 30% in 2026. OpenBrain, Nvidia lead gains. Junior software engineering jobs in turmoil.
Business gurus say AI familiarity is most important resume skill. 10,000 person anti-AI protest in DC.
Key Metrics 2026
OpenBrain Revenue: $45B annually
Global AI CapEx: $200B
US Power on AI: 2.5% share
OpenBrain Power: 6GW peak
2027: The Intelligence Explosion Begins
Agent-2 Never Stops Learning
Continuous online learning with synthetic data and reinforcement learning on diverse tasks.
China Steals Agent-2
CCP spies successfully exfiltrate 2.5TB model weights in coordinated operation.
Algorithmic Breakthroughs
Agent-3 achieves superhuman coding with neuralese recurrence and memory systems.
Government Oversight
Whistleblower leak sparks public backlash and congressional oversight of AI development.