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FAILEDStated July 14, 2023
Mustafa SuleymanCEO, Microsoft AI
Proposed a “Modern Turing Test”: an AI that can turn a $100,000 investment into $1,000,000 on a retail web platform with minimal human input — “as little as two years away.”
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Verdict
Did not happen
Deadline in claim
~2 years (by ~mid-2025)

Assessment

The ~2-year window has passed; no AI has autonomously turned $100k into $1M on a retail platform with minimal oversight. Scored failed on the stated timeframe.

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