AI at human level already next year

The founder of SingularityNET made provocative comments regarding the AI innovations presented at CES in Las Vegas. 

Dr. Ben Goertzel is a creator of AI-powered robots, as well as the founder of SingularityNET, and he is also a computer scientist who enjoys publishing forecasts about the unprecedented possibilities of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). 

AI at CES in Las Vegas

The announcements on artificial intelligence dominated the CES in Las Vegas of 2025, which saw major global tech companies like Nvidia showcase how AI has evolved from a standalone category to a technology embedded in almost all the innovations displayed. 

Among these AI-related announcements, there were also some related, for example, to window cleaning, healthcare diagnostics, autonomous drones, video editing, and tools for customer experience.

Practically, artificial intelligence seems to have become the main driver of innovation in all sectors.

The forecasts on AI by the founder of SingulatiyNET

According to Goertzel, although the development of any new radical technology is actually difficult to predict in detail, in the AI sector things are already moving very quickly. 

The founder of SingularityNET stated that he considers it quite plausible that “we will witness the advent of machines with human-level general intelligence as early as 2026 or 2027”. 

Goertzel considers Ray Kurzweil’s estimate for 2029 from his 2005 book “The Singularity is Near” to be realistic. In fact, he even considers it a bit cautious. 

He stated: 

“The numerous developments in AI, robotics, and smart devices that we see launched at CES this year do not yet bring us to human-level AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), but they represent clear and tangible steps along the path”.

The founder of Singularity NET also states that there are strong arguments that once a human-level AGI is achieved, this AGI will take on the task of improving itself. He therefore believes that it might not be long before a much more capable artificial superintelligence is born. 

He added: 

“The social and scientific impact of such developments is too enormous to be summarized, but it would include the creation of an unprecedented material abundance, the abolition of aging and most diseases, and the ability for humans to advance in new wild directions through fusion with new forms of embodiment and intelligence”.

The risks he foresees are linked to the possible military and corporate control of AGI, rather than the emergence of an evil superintelligence. For this reason, he considers it imperative that AGI systems be under decentralized and participatory control involving a broad segment of humanity, rather than serving the territorial and economic goals of a single party. 

SingularityNET and the development of AI

SingularityNET is the first decentralized AI marketplace in the world. 

For the second quarter of this year, they announced three novità. 

The first is ASI:Create, a platform that allows software and artificial intelligence application developers to create powerful AI applications that combine neural networks and knowledge graphs with little or no coding required.

The second is ASI:Zero, a new level of blockchain infrastructure customized for the needs of a large-scale decentralized artificial intelligence.

The third is the “Alpha 2” version of the OpenCog Hyperon system, a platform for the development of decentralized neural-symbolic AGI that includes a version of the AGI language “MeTTa” which runs about 1 million times faster than the prototype interpreter in the Hyperon Alpha 1 version.

The token AGIX

The token AGIX of SingularityNET debuted on the crypto markets back in 2018.

Together with FET from Fetch.ai and OCEAN from Ocean Protocol, it will merge into the ASI token (Artificial Superintelligence Alliance). 

During the great bull run of 2021, the price of AGIX rose to over $0.6, but in the bear-market of 2022, it plummeted to $0.04.

Starting, however, from 2023 it experienced a true awakening, with a first peak above $0.5, and a second peak in March 2024 even above $1.3. 

Since then, it has fallen below $0.4, but then rose again to the current approximately $0.6, in line with the maximum peak of 2021. 

The narrative related to artificial intelligence in the financial markets continues to push many stocks higher, including AI crypto.