Most IEET Readers Expect Smarter-Than-Human AI Before Mid-Century

Sep 26, 2011

Some say it’s already here!

In a recently concluded poll, more than half (54%) of respondents said they expect smarter-than-human artificial intelligence to be developed within the next three or four decades. Surprisingly, almost 15% chose to say that they think it has happened already. Only about 10% said it will never be developed, and about 11% say it will take a hundred years or more. Another 11% said they simply don’t know.


How soon will machine intelligence surpass human intelligence?

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Some of the comments we received on this poll are interesting. You can read them here.