In 2015, stick-figure diagrams on a quirky blog jolted the internet into imagining a world of superintelligence. By 2025, new scenario planning documents like AI 2027 were charting not just concepts, but year-by-year roadmaps of how humanity might stumble—or sprint—into an age of machines smarter than us. A decade of breakthroughs has transformed both the technology and the way we talk about it. Here’s how our thinking has evolved—and what it means for the years ahead.2015: When Superintellig...

In 2015, stick-figure diagrams on a quirky blog jolted the internet into imagining a world of superintelligence. By 2025, new scenario planning documents like AI 2027 were charting not just concepts, but year-by-year roadmaps of how humanity might stumble—or sprint—into an age of machines smarter than us. A decade of breakthroughs has transformed both the technology and the way we talk about it. Here’s how our thinking has evolved—and what it means for the years ahead.2015: When Superintellig...