Ten years later, in 1999, I wrote 'The Age of Spiritual Machines,' asserting that computers would not only develop minds like humans but also possess consciousness and spirituality by 2029.

In 1989, I published 'The Age of Intelligent Machines,' predicting that computers would soon mimic the human mind and lead to artificial general intelligence.

Elon Musk's ability to focus intensely on engineering problems is evident from his childhood, where he taught himself coding and created his own video game at a young age.

I started programming at maybe 15.

The exponential growth of technology has been consistent since the beginning of recorded history, and my predictions have largely come to fruition over the past 30 years. By 2029, we will have computers that can think better than any human, leading up to the singularity in 2045.

In early 2023, I realized AI development was outpacing our ability to control it, influenced by the impressive capabilities of ChatGPT and my work on analog computation at Google.

One of the early projects involved teaching a robot hand to solve a Rubik's Cube, aiming to demonstrate that AI could generalize beyond narrow tasks.

OpenAI's early goal was to build AGI through extensive research and paper writing, a theory that was later recognized as flawed.

I spend a lot of time thinking about how my kids will use AI in the future, and I believe they will grow up vastly more capable than previous generations, able to do things we cannot imagine.