Overview
- In a Bloomberg interview, Suleyman said autonomous assistants could become reliably useful within six to 18 months and predicted next year’s holiday shopping could be handled by agents.
- He argued current AI already displays “superhuman” performance and said Microsoft has formed a superintelligence team after a revised OpenAI deal enabled it to pursue its own systems.
- He called for transparency, independent audits and government involvement, pointing to Microsoft’s removal of Israeli defense workloads after reporting of terms violations and an ongoing internal investigation.
- Framing the race to build capacity, he praised Sam Altman as “courageous” for rapidly expanding OpenAI data centers and described Demis Hassabis as a “great scientist.”
- He characterized Elon Musk as a “bulldozer” with an exceptional track record and said he remains in regular contact with Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis.