Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) may have already surpassed human intelligence, marking a potential “singularity” moment in technological evolution.

Published on MarketWatch on June 12, 2025, Altman’s claim challenges our understanding of AI’s capabilities and raises critical questions about the future of human-AI collaboration, societal transformation, and ethical governance.

Altman describes this potential milestone as crossing an “event horizon,” a term borrowed from astrophysics to signify a point of no return where AI’s development accelerates beyond human control or comprehension.

In his recent blog post, he wrote, “We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started,” suggesting that humanity is already witnessing the dawn of digital superintelligence.

Unlike the dramatic sci-fi portrayals of robots dominating society, Altman argues that this transition is subtler, integrated into daily life through tools like ChatGPT, which millions rely on for increasingly complex tasks.

Altman’s confidence stems from OpenAI’s advancements, such as the o3 model, which has demonstrated remarkable performance in math, reasoning, and coding benchmarks.

He also points to AI’s ability to facilitate “recursive self-improvement,” where current systems aid in developing more advanced AI, potentially compressing decades of research into months.

This accelerating pace, Altman claims, could lead to superintelligent systems that outperform humans across virtually all intellectual domains.

Several milestones lend credence to Altman’s assertion. OpenAI’s GPT-4 model has performed at near-human levels on standardized tests like the LSAT and GRE, showcasing advanced reasoning and comprehension.

DeepMind’s AlphaFold solved the decades-long challenge of predicting over 200 million protein structures, accelerating biological research. Additionally, OpenAI’s Sora generates