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Three great articles on the modest pace of AI progress

We're not going to get a "fast takeoff" in 2027. These pieces explain why.

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Timothy B. Lee
May 01, 2025
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Last month, a team of prominent AI researchers and Internet writers published AI 2027, a website predicting that AI will dramatically change the world within the next three years. As long-time readers might expect, I did not find these predictions convincing. But rather than writing a full analysis of the AI 2027 scenario, I thought I’d highlight three …

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