Overview
- Elon Musk said AI could surpass any human within a year and exceed collective human intelligence in about five years, and he projected Tesla could begin selling Optimus humanoid robots to the public within one to two years if safety and reliability are proven.
- Top researchers diverged on AGI timing, with Demis Hassabis and Yann LeCun saying today’s systems are far from human‑level, while Anthropic’s Dario Amodei forecast rapid capability gains and warned of AI‑enabled surveillance, urging tighter chip export controls.
- Nvidia’s Jensen Huang highlighted “jobs, jobs, jobs,” pointing to hiring for energy, chips and data‑center buildouts, whereas IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva called AI a “tsunami,” citing research that 60% of jobs in advanced economies and 40% globally will be affected, hitting entry‑level roles and squeezing the middle class.
- Energy emerged as a key bottleneck for scaling AI, with Musk arguing electricity, not chips, will constrain growth and promoting large‑scale solar and even solar‑powered orbital data centers as potential solutions.
- Enterprises are shifting from pilots to deployment with agentic and physical AI, yet returns remain uneven, as PwC found only one in eight CEOs see clear cost or revenue gains; some firms report big efficiency wins while others still plan job cuts.