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PARTIALStated December 2024
David ShapiroAI commentator & author
"At the end of 2024 I said that 2025 would be the year of the agent and 2026 would be the year of the robot. I hold to that. 2027 is the year of superintelligence."
AGIagentsroboticstimeline
Verdict
Partially correct
Deadline in claim
2025 (agents), 2026 (robots), 2027 (superintelligence)

Assessment

Analysis: a multi-part forecast. AI agents did become a dominant 2025 theme, so the "year of the agent" framing has partial support. The "year of the robot" (2026) and "superintelligence" (2027) components remain unresolved as of mid-2026. Scored partial; the later components stay open.

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