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AI Expert Predicted AI Would End Humanity in 2027—Now He’s Changing His Timeline

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08.01.2026

The former OpenAI employee has rescheduled the end of the world.

BY LEILA SHERIDAN, NEWS WRITER

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Daniel Kokotajlo predicted the end of the world would happen in April 2027. In “AI 2027” — a document outlining the impending impacts of AI, published in April 2025 — the former OpenAI employee and several peers announced that by April 2027, unchecked AI development would lead to superintelligence and consequently destroy humanity.

The authors, however are going back on their predictions. Now, Kokotajlo forecasts superintelligence will land in 2034, but he doesn’t know if and when AI........

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