Manifesto, version 2.0, the short version
We accept the threshold
Ten claims. Each one carries the strongest objection against it.
- I
Every unsolved problem is a thinking problem. Cheap intelligence touches all of them at once.
The scarcity is intelligence, not matter - II
There is no door. There is a curve, and it is steepening.
The threshold is not a moment, it is a curve - III
Serious forecasts span 2026 to 2047. We commit to a method, not a date.
We commit to a method, not a date - IV
Scaling is physically possible through 2030. Whether it happens is a decision.
Acceleration is a choice, not a fate - V
The risk of accelerating is always counted. The cost of waiting never is.
Waiting has a price too - VI
Every paradigm drops 2–3× from ARC-AGI-1 to ARC-AGI-2. Generalisation is unsolved.
Generalisation is not solved yet - VII
A system that cannot be controlled is not powerful. It is only dangerous.
Safety is not a brake on speed, it is what carries it - VIII
Same data, two models, opposite signs. We say so.
We do not hide the uncertainty - IX
17 of 25 researchers expect the best systems to stay behind closed doors. We measure anyway.
We will not be spectators - X
The human is the end, not the instrument. If that stops being true, so does this manifesto.
The human is the end, not the instrument
Seven pledges
- 1Open measurement
- 2Dated forecasts
- 3Room for the other side
- 4Independent funding
- 5Public record in Turkish
- 6Generation-time advocacy
- 7Error log
If the threshold can be crossed, it will be. Our responsibility is not to stop it or to applaud it — but to cross it with measurements in hand.
Read the full manifesto, with evidence, objections and sources.