50 - Eli Lifland on AI 2027

Remember AI 2027? Not AI 2040, the newest coolest thing AI Futures Project has done, but AI 2027, their OG product? At long last, we have an AXRP episode about it. Enjoy!

Transcript: https://axrp.net/episode/2026/08/03/episode-50-eli-lifland-ai-2027.html

Topics we discuss, and timestamps:

0:00:12 What is AI 2027?

0:10:17 What happens in AI 2027?

0:18:08 Why two endings?

0:21:15 Who did what?

0:23:59 Why superhuman AI in 2027?

0:32:53 Forecasting time horizon growth

0:48:34 When do time horizons go infinite?

1:02:13 Forecasting effective compute growth

1:07:09 From superhuman coders to superintelligence