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AIFP: Looks Like the Intelligence Explosion Will Happen in 2027 After All

Zach Stein-Perlman links the AI Futures Project's timelines update. The project's forecasters now expect a superhuman AI researcher likely in 2027, citing METR's estimate of Anthropic's AI-driven speedup, and call for a pause. This is a short linkpost; the full post was not read.

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Why it matters

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What it means for you

A group of AI forecasters now says AI that outdoes top human AI researchers will likely arrive in 2027, and wants development slowed or paused.

For lawmakers

The AI Futures Project calls for an industry-wide pause followed by an international agreement, and warns China could steal a model trained soon.

For researchers

The forecasters say METR's Anthropic acceleration estimate was the single biggest source of evidence behind their shortened timelines.

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“Now, all of us forecast that Superhuman AI Researcher (SAR) will likely arrive at some point in 2027 (assuming no substantial deliberate slowdown). We also predict a 35-65% chance that Top-Expert-Dominating AI (TED-AI), AIs that can automate all white-collar work, will arrive before 2028.”
Zach Stein-PerlmanLinkpost summary of the AI Futures Project team's updated forecasts; 'us' refers to the project's forecasters.
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“If SAR is coming in 2027, it is incredibly urgent to pause or substantially ‘pace’ frontier AI development, with the ideal being an industry-wide pause followed by an international agreement.”
Zach Stein-PerlmanThe project's policy conclusion from its shortened timeline.
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“Companies are not on track to align a SAR, and using a misaligned SAR to do recursive self-improvement (RSI) will put us in an extremely bad position.”
Zach Stein-PerlmanReason given for urging a pause.
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The record

Questions
What happens when AI helps build more capable AI? · How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading? · Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment?
People
Zach Stein-Perlman (Wrote it) · Daniel Kokotajlo (Mentioned)
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The Radar, run of November 10, 2026, via ai-alignment-forum (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
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AI Alignment Forum, “AIFP: Looks Like the Intelligence Explosion Will Happen in 2027 After All”, November 10, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/alignmentforum-2026-11-10-aifp-intelligence-explosion-2027
Our notesOnly the Alignment Forum linkpost was read; the full post is at blog.aifutures.org. Whether 'us' covers the whole team is as the post says.