Here I collect some AI predictions made in 2024. It's not very systematic, it's a convenience sample mostly from browsing Twitter/X. I prefer including predictions that are more specific/testable. I'm planning to make these posts yearly, checking in on predictions whose date has expired. Feel free to add more references to predictions made in 2024 to the comments. (Thanks especially @tsarnick and @AISafetyMemes for posting about a lot of these.)
the gears to ascension: "Hard problem of alignment is going to hit us like a train in 3 to 12 months at the same time some specific capabilities breakthroughs people have been working on for the entire history of ML finally start working now that they have a weak AGI to apply to, and suddenly critch's stuff becomes super duper important to understand." (conceded as false by author)
John Pressman: "6-12 month prediction (80%): The alignment problem as the core of AI X-Risk will become a historical artifact as it's largely solved or on track to being solved in the eyes of most parties and arguments increasingly become about competition and misuse. Few switch sides." (conceded as false by author)