What I Saw Around the Curve, 2026
Second Thoughts newsletter essay reflecting on predictions about AI progress and their accuracy heading into 2026.
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Second Thoughts newsletter essay reflecting on predictions about AI progress and their accuracy heading into 2026.
AI Impacts' September 2026 paper on its fourth Expert Survey on Progress in AI, which reached 1,580 researchers in December 2024; it reports shortened timelines to human-level AI and substantial uncertainty about consequences.
Katja Grace, Harlan Stewart and co-authors survey 2,778 published AI researchers on when AI will reach various milestones and how risky it could be (arXiv, January 2024).
Why I recommend it: The largest survey of its kind, from AI Impacts. Expert forecasts vary widely and shift a lot with how questions are worded.