AI Then, Now, and Tomorrow: From “AGI by 2100” to “AGI by 2030”
Friday, May 15, 2026, 8:30 AM PDT – 10:00 AM PDT
Shiley Hall · 5000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203, USA, Portland, Oregon
Hosted by Portland Startup Week
[highlight=transparent]In my 2019 Portland Startup Week session on advanced AI, the working assumption was that human-level general intelligence would arrive around the year 2100. To make that timeline feel real, I opened with a slide of my newborn granddaughter and noted that this future could unfold within her lifetime.[/highlight] [highlight=transparent]Seven years later in 2026, the assumptions have radically compressed, and it won’t just be babies that live to see AI that is more capable than all humans, it will be all of us.[/highlight] [highlight=transparent]This forward-looking…