What are the chances that artificial general intelligence will arrive before 2030?
It used to seem far off, but I’ve noticed in the past 18 months, the predictions collapsing from 100+ years on average to less than a decade in many cases. The question then is this: if we now have a non-trivial possibility of AGI coming into the world during our near-term lifetimes, wouldn’t it make sense to make plans at a national level?
Professor Christopher Sanchez is internationally recognized technologist, entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He serves as a Senior Advisor to G20 Governments, top academic institutions, institutional investors, startups, and Fortune 500 companies. He is a columnist for Fast Company Mexico writing on AI, emerging tech, trade, and geopolitics.
He has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, MIT Sloan, and numerous other publications. In 2024, he was recognized by Forbes as one of the 35 most important people in AI in their annual AI 35 list.
