The race isn’t just about when AI surpasses human intelligence, it’s about what happens next. Once AI can improve itself, the real singularity begins. Will we guide it? Merge with it? Compete against it? AI isn’t just transforming industries, it’s reshaping the future of intelligence itself. The countdown isn’t just ticking, it’s accelerating. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, predicts that superintelligent AI could emerge as soon as next year.