{"id":21439,"date":"2026-01-06T08:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:37:33","slug":"leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is \u2018somewhat slower\u2019 than first predicted<\/p>\n<p>A leading artificial intelligence expert has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/posts\/YABG5JmztGGPwNFq2\/ai-futures-timelines-and-takeoff-model-dec-2025-update\">rolled<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DKokotajlo\/status\/1991564542103662729\">back<\/a> his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systems to be able to code autonomously and thus speed their own development toward superintelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kokotajlo, a former employee of OpenAI, sparked an energetic debate in April by releasing <a href=\"https:\/\/ai-2027.com\/\">AI 2027<\/a>, a scenario that envisions unchecked AI development leading to the creation of a superintelligence, which \u2013 after outfoxing world leaders \u2013 destroys humanity.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-possible-destruction-humanity\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/621d2774578bd82f788e889462ab440458846efd\/847_0_4751_3800\/master\/4751.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84341070ce6324fb7a0104b49a92c0e7\" title=\"Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity\" \/>Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is \u2018somewhat slower\u2019 than first predicted<br \/>\nA leading artificial intelligence expert has rolled back his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systems to be able to code autonomously and thus speed their own development toward superintelligence.<br \/>\nDaniel Kokotajlo, a former employee of OpenAI, sparked an energetic debate in April by releasing AI 2027, a scenario that envisions unchecked AI development leading to the creation of a superintelligence, which \u2013 after outfoxing world leaders \u2013 destroys humanity. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is \u2018somewhat slower\u2019 than first predicted A leading artificial intelligence expert has rolled back his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systems to be able to code autonomously and thus speed their own development toward superintelligence. Daniel &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/leading-ai-expert-delays-timeline-for-its-possible-destruction-of-humanity\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}