Artificial General Intelligence Forecasting and Scenario Analysis: State of the Field, Methodological Gaps, and Strategic Implications

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Main Authors: Sarma, Gopal P., Bhatt, Sunny D., Jacob, Michael, Steratore, Rachel
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author Sarma, Gopal P.
Bhatt, Sunny D.
Jacob, Michael
Steratore, Rachel
author_facet Sarma, Gopal P.
Bhatt, Sunny D.
Jacob, Michael
Steratore, Rachel
contents In this report, we review the current state of methodologies to forecast the arrival of artificial general intelligence, assess their reliability, and analyze the implications for strategy and policy. We synthesize diverse forecasting approaches, document significant limitations in existing methods, and propose a research agenda for developing more-robust forecasting infrastructure. The report does not endorse a specific forecast or scenario but rather provides a framework for interpreting forecasts under conditions of deep uncertainty. We experimented with an iterative approach to human and artificial intelligence collaboration for this report. The primary drafting of the text was performed by large language models (GPT 5.1, Gemini 3 Pro, and Claude 4.5 Opus), with human researchers providing direction, peer review, fact-checking, and revision.
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spellingShingle Artificial General Intelligence Forecasting and Scenario Analysis: State of the Field, Methodological Gaps, and Strategic Implications
Sarma, Gopal P.
Bhatt, Sunny D.
Jacob, Michael
Steratore, Rachel
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technologies
Machine Learning
In this report, we review the current state of methodologies to forecast the arrival of artificial general intelligence, assess their reliability, and analyze the implications for strategy and policy. We synthesize diverse forecasting approaches, document significant limitations in existing methods, and propose a research agenda for developing more-robust forecasting infrastructure. The report does not endorse a specific forecast or scenario but rather provides a framework for interpreting forecasts under conditions of deep uncertainty. We experimented with an iterative approach to human and artificial intelligence collaboration for this report. The primary drafting of the text was performed by large language models (GPT 5.1, Gemini 3 Pro, and Claude 4.5 Opus), with human researchers providing direction, peer review, fact-checking, and revision.
title Artificial General Intelligence Forecasting and Scenario Analysis: State of the Field, Methodological Gaps, and Strategic Implications
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technologies
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22766