AI 2040: Plan A on AGI could quickly lead to superintellig…

AI 2040: Plan A

Named collective policy scenario published by the AI Futures Project in 2026, advocating an internationally verified slowdown of frontier AI development.

AI companies will probably succeed at their stated goal of building smarter-than-human AI systems within the next 1 to 10 years. [...] AI companies succeed at automating their research and accelerating towards superintelligence.

AI Verified (Jul 9, 2026)

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AI 2040: Plan A, a named collective policy scenario published by the AI Futures Project, July 9, 2026. The document states that AI companies will likely build smarter-than-human systems within 1–10 years and describes their automating AI research and accelerating toward superintelligence.

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AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence

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AI Verified The quote predicts smarter-than-human AI in 1–10 years and AI companies automating AI research while accelerating toward superintelligence, covering the stated progression. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified For: the quote predicts smarter-than-human AI and automation of AI research accelerating toward superintelligence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified AI 2040: Plan A contains the exact wording and presents it as the named Plan A collective’s position. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

We recommend an international deal to avoid a dangerous race to superintelligence.

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

The result is multiple companies across multiple countries scaling slowly and safely together towards superintelligence, instead of racing each other in secrecy.

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