A precocious AI arrives at the level of an eager college student.  It quickly crows into a formidable force, a cognitively strong asset. Mid-level research and writing jump on it.

Companies aggressively begin to deploy agent technology, with coding on the center stage. Microsoft and Amazon Salesforce announce a freeze on hiring programmers. Agents begin to strip operating costs out of sales, service and most white collar jobs.

​Super-sophisticated simulation and complex modeling make a commercial impact in drug discovery and new materials. R&D accelerates. Security and encryption face a new threat level.

Capable semi-autonomous humanoids enter the workforce, in manufacturing, distribution, and “hard” jobs. They are almost immediately cost-effective. The most useful robots are autonomous vehicles from long-haul trucks to rideshare.

Definition: smarter than the smartest human. All businesses undergo a massive transformation. AGI can now manage business processes, it can create new ones.  It codes itself, evolves in ways that are hard to understand. It makes decisions.