Daniel Bendisi Kokotajlo[1] is an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher. He was a researcher in the governance division of OpenAI from 2022 to 2024,[2] and currently leads the AI Futures Project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kokotajlo

what does "kokotajlo maxxing" mean?

Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo is known for forecasting aggressive, near-term timelines for artificial superintelligence (around 2027) and extreme economic or societal restructuring—including scenarios like a future "citizens dividend" scaling to millions per person. "Kokotajlo maxxing" refers to fully embracing or leaning into these hyper-accelerated, transformative AI timelines and extreme future projections. [1, 2]

The AI 2027 Timeline & Superintelligence

• Rapid Takeover Risk: Daniel Kokotajlo warns that autonomous, human-level or superhuman AI agents could emerge as soon as 2027 due to relentless competitive pressures between global tech firms and nations.
• Control and Safety Deficits: Companies are incentivized to take dangerous shortcuts, deploying systems they cannot reliably control or fully understand internally.
• Economic Redesign: Projections tied to these fast timelines imagine massive structural changes, such as automated labor markets and robot economies that could theoretically fund huge universal payouts—or conversely, trigger severe global disruption. [2, 6]

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[1] https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight/videos/former-openai-researcher-daniel-kokotajlo-on-the-race-between-ai-companies-to-cr/1061408886369797/
[2] https://www.instagram.com/reel/Daxqj9oIhEE/
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.html
[4] https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/posts/good-news-former-openai-researcher-daniel-kokotajlo-now-thinks-we-have-8-years-b/1448656917306951/
[5] https://www.businessinsider.com/former-openai-employee-explains-open-secret-ai-alignment-control-2026-5
[6] https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dba-0jksDt1/