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Musk’s AGI-by-2025 call slipped. Again.

Elon Musk · CEO · Tesla / xAISee track record

“My guess is that we'll have AI that is smarter than any one human probably around the end of next year.”
Said Apr 8, 2024·Live interview on X Source
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Confidence
40/100

Disputed

For vs against
1to1

Supporting to contradicting

Days tracked
807days

Since first seen on the record

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40% say true, 16% too early, to 613 votes

01The claim & the outcome
The claim

A claim about the future

By roughly the end of 2025, AI would be smarter than any single human.

What happenedDidn’t hold up

End-2025 passed with no consensus that AI had surpassed the smartest human. Musk then slipped the timeline, telling Davos in early 2026 it would happen “by year-end” 2026.

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Why it matters

It's the benchmark case for how much to trust confident superintelligence predictions.

02The lineage

How the claim has aged.

The record so far3 markers
  1. Where it beganApr 8, 2024

    Statement made

    Live interview on X

  2. UpdateJan 20, 2026

    Musk's AGI date slips again

    End-2025 passes; the prediction re-forecasts to 2026.

  3. VerdictJun 20, 2026

    Didn’t hold up

    End-2025 passed with no consensus that AI had surpassed the smartest human. Musk then slipped the timeline, telling Davos in early 2026 it would happen “by year-end” 2026.

Evidence over time1 for·1 against
Apr 8, 2024Jun 20, 2026
  • Supports
  • Contradicts
  • Neutral
03The signal chain

Show the receipts.

  1. QuotedSupportsApr 8, 2024

    Elon Musk · Tesla / xAI · Interview

    My guess is that we'll have AI that is smarter than any one human probably around the end of next year.
  2. PatternContradicts3d ago

    What happened since · Filing

    End-2025 passed with no consensus that AI had surpassed the smartest human. Musk then slipped the timeline, telling Davos in early 2026 it would happen “by year-end” 2026.
04Nowsera read
Nowsera readInterpretation, not confirmed fact.

A serially-slipping forecast is itself the signal: discount headline AGI timelines by the speaker's track record of re-forecasting.

It's the benchmark case for how much to trust confident superintelligence predictions.

05What disagrees

The story is not settled.

The record is not settled. These signals and readings cut against the pattern. Weigh them honestly.

“End-2025 passed with no consensus that AI had surpassed the smartest human. Musk then slipped the timeline, telling Davos in early 2026 it would happen “by year-end” 2026.”
What happened since · Filing · 3d ago
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    The crowd2 calls
    • ai_anon@ai_anonCalled it false

      Third year running the same call slips a year. At this point the timeline is the product.

    • Tape Alpha@tapealphaCalled it false

      Discount every superintelligence date by the speaker's slip rate. His is roughly 12 months a year.

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