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AI does any digital work at superhuman level by end of 2027

“AI will be able to do anything digital (that doesn’t require shaping atoms) at a superhuman level by the end of next year.”
— Elon Musk · Aug 31, 2026 · @elonmusk on X, Aug 31 2026 ↗
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Said Aug 31 2026 01:54 UTC (oEmbed author Elon Musk, html dated August 31 2026). Reply to @rauchg. 'End of next year' from Aug 31 2026 is end of 2027. Distinct from #119 (AGI in 2026), #140 (smarter than any single human by end of 2025, missed), and #240 (sum of all human intelligence in ~5 years). This bar is digital-only, not physical ('shaping atoms').

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Aug 31, 2026
The promise: “AI will be able to do anything digital (that doesn’t require shaping atoms) at a superhuman level by the end of next year.” · @elonmusk on X, Aug 31 2026 ↗
Today · Sep 10, 2026
Status: Pending · 477 days left. Still waiting.

On August 31 2026 Elon Musk said AI will be able to do anything digital that does not require shaping atoms at a superhuman level by the end of next year. That dates to the end of 2027. It is a narrower claim than AGI or smarter-than-every-human: software and digital work, not the physical world.

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