Interview with Jimmy Wales by Jonathan Despres. Go to the Interviews. Like many people, I am fascinated with the concept but unsure how difficult it is going to be. It has always seemed to be about 30 years away, although now it starts to seem to be about 20 years away. I think that human-level machine intelligence will change everything, and fast. Me, personally? I should personally stop telling knock knock jokes, they are really lame. Ha ha ha. No, I am only joking. :) I think the most important thing is to have a clear vision that everyone can understand.